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B26-0537 • 2025

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

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Sponsor
T. White
Last action
2025-12-16
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on fiscal impacts or further actions required after the initial 90-day period.

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This act changes the Green Building Act to allow certain recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor pools and gyms to not follow net zero energy rules, but requires that new indoor pools meet at least LEED Silver standards.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes part of the Green Building Act so that District-built recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor pools and gyms are exempt from needing to be net zero energy compliant for those parts of the building.
  • Requires new indoor pools at Ward 8 recreation centers to meet LEED Silver standards.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Recreation center owners or operators in Ward 8 with indoor pools and gyms.
  • The Department of Buildings, which will oversee compliance with LEED Silver standards for new indoor pools.

Terms To Know

Net zero energy
A building that produces as much energy as it uses over the course of a year.
LEED Silver
A rating system for environmentally sustainable buildings, with Silver being one level of certification.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act only applies to recreation centers in Ward 8.
  • It is an emergency measure and will expire after 90 days unless further action is taken.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  2. 2025-12-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2025-12-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0537 Introduced by Councilmember T. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

Current Bill Text

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______________________________
Councilmember Trayon White, Sr.

A BILL
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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To amend, on an emergency basis, the Green Building Act of 2006 to exempt District-built 1
recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor pools and indoor gyms from being required to 2
maintain net zero energy compliance standards with respect to the pools and gyms, and to 3
require that Ward 8 recreation center indoor pools be built to at least LEED Silver 4
standards. 5
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 7
act may be cited as the “Ward 8 Recreation Facility Emergency Amendment Act of 2025”. 8
Sec. 2. Section 3(a)(2)(D) of the Green Building Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 9
(D.C. Law 16-234; D.C. Official Code § 6-1451.02(a)(2)(D)), is amended to read as follows: 10
“(D) Maintain net zero energy compliance unless: 11
“(i) The project is for the installation of temporary structures; 12
“(ii) The project is for an indoor pool at a recreation center in Ward 8 and such 13
indoor pool shall be built to at least LEED Silver standards as determined by the Department of 14
Buildings; or 15
“(iii) The project is for a recreation center in Ward 8 with an indoor gym.”. 16
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 17
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The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal 18
impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, 19
approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code §1-301.47a). 20
Sec. 4 Effective date. 21
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the 22
Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 23
90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 24
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 25
D.C. Official Code §1-204.12(a)). 26