B26-0538 • 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

Plain English Breakdown

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Ward 8 Recreation Facility Temporary Amendment Act

This bill changes the Green Building Act to exempt certain recreation centers in Ward 8 with indoor pools and gyms from net zero energy rules, but requires new pools to meet 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 not required to follow net zero energy rules.
Requires new indoor pools at recreation centers in Ward 8 to be built to at least LEED Silver standards.

Who It Names or Affects

Recreation centers with indoor pools and gyms in Ward 8
The Department of Buildings, which will check if new pools meet LEED Silver standards

Terms To Know

Green Building Act: A law that sets rules for making buildings more energy-efficient.
Net Zero Energy: When a building produces as much energy as it uses over time.
LEED Silver: A standard that shows a building is environmentally friendly and efficient.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only applies to recreation centers in Ward 8.
It does not specify the cost or budget impact of these changes.

Bill History

2025-12-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Retained by the Council
2025-12-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
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

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 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