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B26-0561 • 2025

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Children Crime
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2026-02-06
Official status
Enacted
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text cuts off mid-sentence in Section 2 regarding the effective date language, though context suggests it mirrors other paragraphs.

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

This emergency law changes the deadline for certain pretrial detention reports to September 30, 2026, and updates reporting triggers to include two specific public safety acts.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the final date for submitting certain adult pretrial detention reports from a previous timeline linked to the Secure DC Omnibus Act to no later than September 30, 2026.
  • Updates existing rules so that data collection requirements are triggered after the effective dates of both the Prioritizing Public Safety Emergency and the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024.
  • Amends Section 1505(b-9) and Section 1505(b-10) of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001.
  • Sets a new reporting deadline specifically for juvenile pretrial detention reports by September 30, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia
  • Agencies responsible for submitting pretrial detention data

Terms To Know

Pretrial Detention Reporting
Data collection about people held in jail before their trial begins.
Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024
A law passed on March 5, 2024, that previously set the timeline for reporting requirements.
Prioritizing Public Safety Emergency
An emergency act whose effective date now triggers new reporting requirements alongside the Secure DC Omnibus Act.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law is an emergency measure and will expire after 90 days unless extended.
  • The specific details of what data must be collected are not listed in this amendment; it only changes timing and triggers.
  • Although the act applies as of January 1, 2025, its official effective date depends on approval by the Mayor or a veto override.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0254 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 001080, Expires on Apr 27, 2026

  2. 2026-02-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  3. 2026-01-27 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0254, Expires on Apr 27, 2026

  4. 2026-01-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Feb 02, 2026

  5. 2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  6. 2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  7. 2026-01-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0561 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT

ACT 26-254
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
JANUARY 27, 2026
‘Toamend,onanemergencybasis,section1505oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001toclarifycertainreportingrequirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
actmay be citedas the“PretrialDetentionReportingEmergency Amendment Act of 2026”.
Sec,2.Section1505oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveOctober3,2001(D.C.Law14-28;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4234),isamendedasfollows:(a)Subsection(b-9)isamendedasfollows:
(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“nolaterthan180daysaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection30(4),(g),and(h)oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill24-
345)(“SecureDC Omnibus”)”andinsertingthephrase“nolaterthanSeptember30,2026”initsplace.
(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.
(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizing
PublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDC Omnibus”initsplace.(b)Subsection(b-10)isamendedasfollows:(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“forjuvenilinsertingthephrase“forjuveniles,nolaterthanSeptember30,2026”initsplace.
(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedate

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
ofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicability
dateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(5)Paragraph(5)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(6)Paragraph(6)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(7)Paragraph(7)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
Sec.3,Applicability.
ThisactshallapplyasofJanuary1,2025.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approvedOctober16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a),
Sec.5.Efitetivedate.
ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan
ENROLLED ORIGINAL
90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection
412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;D.C,OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).
Councilofthe Districtof Columbia.

APPROVED
January 27,2026
COUNCILOFTHE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA.

WASHINGTON, DC, 20004
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