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B26-0562 • 2025

Pretrial Detention Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

Pretrial Detention Reporting Temporary 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
2026-06-19
Official status
Official Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official bill metadata lists an expiration date of January 9, 2027, while the text states the law expires after 225 days from its effective date; these two facts may conflict depending on when the act officially took effect.

Pretrial Detention Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

This law temporarily changes the deadline for a specific pretrial detention report to September 30, 2026, and updates reporting requirements to include timelines linked to two other laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the final date for submitting a required report from an earlier timeline based on another act's applicability date to no later than September 30, 2026.
  • Updates existing rules to require reports after the effective dates of both the Prioritizing Public Safety Emergency and the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act.
  • Amends Section 1505 of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001.
  • Sets a specific deadline of September 30, 2026, for reporting data regarding juveniles held before trial.

Who It Names or Affects

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

Terms To Know

Pretrial Detention Reporting
Data collection and submission about people held in jail before their trial begins.
Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024
A previous law that established earlier reporting timelines which this new act updates.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law expires automatically after it has been in effect for 225 days.
  • The text does not explain the specific reasons why the deadline was changed to September 30, 2026.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Law L26-0125, Effective from May 29, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 008624, Expires on Jan 09, 2027

  2. 2026-03-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Act A26-0267 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 003134

  3. 2026-03-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Congress

  4. 2026-03-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Returned from Mayor

  5. 2026-03-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0267

  6. 2026-02-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Mar 03, 2026

  7. 2026-02-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  8. 2026-01-09 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0562 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  9. 2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  10. 2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  11. 2026-01-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0562 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Pretrial Detention Reporting Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
AN ACT
D.C. ACT 26-267
INTHE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICTOF COLUMBIA
MARCH 2,2026
Toamend,onatemporarybasis,section1505oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001toclarifycertainreportingrequirements,
BEITENACTEDBYTHECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“PretrialDetentionReportingTemporaryAmendmentActof2026”.
Sec.2. Section1505 of theCriminal JusticeCoordinatingCouncil forthe Districtof
ColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveOctober3,2001(D.C.Law14-28;D.C.OfficialCode § 22-4234),isamended as follows:
(a)Subsection(b-9)isamendedasfollows:(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“nolaterthan180daysaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection30(f),(g),and(h)oftheSecureDCOmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill24-345)(“SecureDCOmnibus”)”andinsertingthephrase“nolaterthanSeptember30,2026”initsplace.

(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateofthe Secure DC Omnibus” and insertingthephrase“,afterthe effectivedateofthe Priot‘izing
PublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecure DC Omnibus” and insertingthe phrase“,aftertheeffectivedateof the Pri ing
PublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus"initsplace.(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecure DC Omnibus” and insertingthephrase “,aftertheeffectivedateof the Pri ing
PublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(b)Subsection(b-10)isamendedasfollows:(1)Thelead-inlanguageisamendedbystrikingthephrase“forjuveniles”andinsertingthephrase“forjuveniles,nolaterthanSeptember30,2026”initsplace.(2)Paragraph(2)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDCOmnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedate

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
of thePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(3)Paragraph(3)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(4)Paragraph(4)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(5)Paragraph(5)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.(6)Paragraph(6)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDCOmnibus”andinsertingthephrase“,aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
(7)Paragraph(7)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“andaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection28oftheSecureDC Omnibus”andinsertingthephrase“.aftertheeffectivedateofthePrioritizingPublicSafetyEmergency,andaftertheeffectivedateoftheSecureDCOmnibus”initsplace.
Sec.3.Applicability.
ThisactshallapplyasofJanuary1,2025.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.
The Counciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementof theBudget Directorasthefiscalimpact
statementrequiredby section4aof theGeneralLegislativeProceduresAct of 1975,approved
October 16,2006 (120 Stat.2038;D.C. OfficialCode§ 1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.
(a)ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto)anda60-dayperiodofcongressional

ENROLLED ORIGINAL.
reviewas providedinsection602(c)(2)of theDistrictof Columbia Home Rule Act,approved
December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.813;D.C. OfficialCode § 1-206.02(c)(2)).
(b)Thisactshallexpireafter225 days of itshavingtakeneffect.
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