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B26-0563 • 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

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

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Emergency Amendment to Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations

This act changes the deadline for the Prearrest Diversion Task Force to issue recommendations and updates how notices are given in probate cases.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date by which the Prearrest Diversion Task Force must give initial recommendations from June 2025 to July 31, 2026.
  • Updates the law to allow for notice of requests for formal probate and other legal notices in a newspaper or legal periodical in the District of Columbia.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prearrest Diversion Task Force
  • People involved in probate cases

Terms To Know

Prearrest Diversion Task Force
A group that makes recommendations on how to handle certain misdemeanor offenses before arrest.
Probate
The legal process of administering a deceased person's estate and distributing their property according to the law or their will.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This act is only in effect for up to 90 days.
  • It does not specify how the Prearrest Diversion Task Force should make its recommendations.

Bill History

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

    Act A26-0255 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 001083, 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 A26-0255, 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

    B26-0563 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JANUARY 27, 2026
Toamend,onanemergencybasis,duetocongressionalreview,section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001tochangethedatebywhichthePrearrestDiversionTaskForceshallissueinitial
recommendationsforprearrestdiversionofcertainmisdemeanoroffensesandcategoriesofpersonstoJuly2026;andtoamendTitle20oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodetoallowfornoticeofrequestforformalprobate,noticefroma foreignpersonalrepresentativeofa decedentwhoownedanypropertylocatedintheDistrictofColumbia,andnoticeofappointmenttointerestedpersons,creditors,andunknownheirsinalegalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict.
BEITENACTEDBY THECOUNCILOFTHEDISTRICTOFCOLUMBIA,Thatthisactmaybecitedasthe“PreatrestDiversionTaskForceRecommendationsCongressionalReviewEmergencyAmendmentActof2026”.
Sec.2.Section1507oftheCriminalJusticeCoordinatingCouncilfortheDistrictofColumbiaEstablishmentActof2001,effectiveJune8,2024(D.C.Law25-175;D.C.OfficialCode§22-4237),isamendedasfollows:
(a)Subsection(g)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Within3monthsaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJune2025,”initsplace.
(b)Subsection(h)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“Withinoneyearaftertheapplicabilitydateofsection29oftheSecureDC OmnibusAmendmentActof2024,passedon2ndreadingonMarch5,2024(EnrolledversionofBill25-345),”andinsertingthephrase“NolaterthanJuly31,2026,”initsplace.
Sec.3,Title20oftheDistrictofColumbiaOfficialCodeisamendedasfollows:(a)Section20-323(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL,
(b)Section20-343(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”initsplace.(©)Section20-704(a)isamendedbystrikingthephrase“legalperiodicalofgeneralcirculationintheDistrict”andinsertingthephrase“legalperiodicalornewspaperofgeneral
circulationintheDistrict”initsplace.
Sec.4.Fiscalimpactstatement.‘TheCounciladoptsthefiscalimpactstatementoftheBudgetDirectorasthefiscalimpactstatementrequiredbysection4aoftheGeneralLegislativeProceduresActof1975,approved
October16,2006(120Stat.2038;D.C.OfficialCode§1-301.47a).
Sec.5.Effectivedate.‘ThisactshalltakeeffectfollowingapprovalbytheMayor(orintheeventofvetobytheMayor,actionbytheCounciltooverridetheveto),andshallremainineffectfornolongerthan90days,asprovidedforemergencyactsoftheCounciloftheDistrictofColumbiainsection412(a)oftheDistrictofColumbiaHomeRuleAct,approvedDecember24,1973(87Stat.788;
D.C.OfficialCode§1-204.12(a)).

Councilof theDistrictof Columbia.

APPROVED
January27,2026
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