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B26-0733 • 2025

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

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Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2026-07-14
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text confirms the temporary nature (225 days) but does not specify what happens if the task force misses the new deadlines.

Temporary Extension for Prearrest Diversion Task Force and Probate Notice Rules

This bill temporarily extends the deadline for a task force to report on prearrest diversion options and updates rules about where legal notices regarding property ownership must be published.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the date by which the Prearrest Diversion Task Force must give its initial recommendations to no later than June 2025.
  • Sets a new deadline of July 31, 2026, for the task force to finish all required work on prearrest diversion plans.
  • Allows legal notices about property ownership and wills in Washington, D.C., to be published in newspapers or other general periodicals.
  • Makes these changes temporary so they end automatically after 225 days of being active.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Prearrest Diversion Task Force created by the District of Columbia
  • People who own property in Washington, D.C., or have legal interests there regarding wills and estates

Terms To Know

Prearrest Diversion Task Force
A group created to study ways to send certain people away from the criminal justice system before they are arrested.
Probate
The legal process of handling a person's property and debts after they die, including notices for wills and foreign representatives.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only changes deadlines temporarily and will stop working after 225 days.
  • The text does not say what specific recommendations the task force must make, only when it must finish them.
  • The law cannot take effect until a set review period by Congress is finished.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  2. 2026-07-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2026-07-09 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    B26-0733 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Emergency Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

Current Bill Text

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Councilmember Brooke Pinto 3
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A BILL 6
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 10
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To amend, on a temporary basis, section 1507 of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for 15
the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 to change the date by which the 16
Prearrest Diversion Task Force shall issue initial recommendations for prearrest diversion 17
of certain misdemeanor offenses and categories of persons to July 2026; and to amend 18
Title 20 of the District of Columbia Official Code to allow for notice of request for 19
formal probate, notice from a foreign personal representative of a decedent who owned 20
any property located in the District of Columbia, and notice of appointment to interested 21
persons, creditors and unknown heirs in a legal periodical or newspaper of general 22
circulation in the District. 23
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 25
act may be cited as the “Prearrest Diversion Task Force Recommendations Temporary 26
Amendment Act of 2026”. 27
Sec. 2. Section 1507 of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of 28
Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective June 8, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-175; D.C. Official 29
Code § 22-4237), is amended as follows: 30
(a) Subsection (g) is amended by striking the phrase “Within 3 months after 31
the applicability date of section 29 of the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024, passed 32
on 2nd reading on March 5, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-345),” and inserting the phrase 33
“No later than June 2025,” in its place. 34
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(b) Subsection (h) is amended by striking the phrase “Within one year after 35
the applicability date of section 29 of the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024, passed 36
on 2nd reading on March 5, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-345),” and inserting the phrase 37
“No later than July 31, 2026,” in its place. 38
Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 39
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 40
statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 41
October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 42
Sec. 4. Effective date. 43
(a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by 44
the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 60-day period of congressional review 45
as provided in section 602(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 46
24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(2)). 47
(b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 48