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B26-0538 • 2025

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Temporary 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

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Ward 8 Recreation Facility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This bill temporarily changes rules for new recreation centers in Ward 8 to allow indoor pools and gyms that do not meet net zero energy standards, provided the pools are built to LEED Silver guidelines.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the Green Building Act of 2006 on a temporary basis.
  • Exempts District-built recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor pools from net zero energy requirements for those specific pools.
  • Requires that exempted indoor pools at these locations be built to at least LEED Silver standards as determined by the Department of Buildings.
  • Exempts recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor gyms from maintaining net zero energy compliance standards for those gyms.

Who It Names or Affects

  • District-built recreation facilities located in Ward 8
  • Projects installing indoor pools or indoor gyms at these specific locations

Terms To Know

Net zero energy compliance standards
Rules requiring a building to produce as much clean energy as it uses.
LEED Silver standards
A specific level of certification for green and sustainable building design determined by the Department of Buildings.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The act expires automatically after 225 days from when it takes effect.
  • The bill cannot take effect until approved by the Mayor and reviewed by Congress for 30 days.
  • The text does not specify which recreation centers are currently planned or under construction.

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

    B26-0538 Introduced by Councilmember T. White at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Ward 8 Recreation Facility Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

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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 a temporary 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 Temporary 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 of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 18
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 19
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 20
Sec. 4. Effective date. 21
(a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by 22
the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto) and a 30-day period of congressional 23
review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved 24
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)). 25
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 26