Gun Violence Awareness Month Recognition Resolution of 2025

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

Sponsor: Pinto
Last action: 2025-07-11
Official status: Approved
Effective date: Not listed

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Resolution for Gun Violence Awareness Month

This resolution declares June 2025 as Gun Violence Awareness Month to raise awareness about gun violence in the District of Columbia.

What This Bill Does

Declares June 2025 as Gun Violence Awareness Month in Washington, D.C.
Honors Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun violence.
Encourages residents to support community efforts to prevent gun violence.

Who It Names or Affects

Residents of the District of Columbia

Terms To Know

Gun Violence Awareness Month: A month designated to raise awareness about and address issues related to gun violence.
Hadiya Pendleton: A teenager from Chicago who was shot and killed in 2013, used as an example of a victim of gun violence.

Limits and Unknowns

The resolution does not provide funding or specific actions to prevent gun violence.
It only encourages residents to support community efforts but does not require any action from individuals or organizations.

Bill History

2025-07-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Resolution ACR26-0049, Effective from Jun 03, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 007767
2025-06-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Retained by the Council
2025-06-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2025-06-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Approved with Resolution Number ACR26-0049
2025-06-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
CER26-0049 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Gun Violence Awareness Month Recognition Resolution of 2025

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL
1

A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION

26-49

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

June 3, 2025

To recognize the month of June 2025 as “Gun Violence Awareness Month” in the District
of Columbia.
WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager from Chicago who marched in the presidential
inaugural parade in January 2013 and was tragically shot and killed weeks later, should be
celebrating her 28th birthday this year;
WHEREAS, to help honor Hadiya and to raise awareness of the epidemic of gun violence
in the United States, a national coalition of organizations has designated the first Friday in
June as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the month of June as Gun Violence
Awareness Month;
WHEREAS, on average more than 100 people die across the country each day from gun-
related deaths and more than 200 Americans are harmed by guns every day;
WHEREAS, in the United States in 2023, nearly eight-in-ten homicides and more than
half of all suicides involved a firearm;
WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2024, 153 people were killed by gunfire;
WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2024, 10 children were killed by gunfire,
including three-year old Ty’ah Settles;
WHEREAS, firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United
States;
WHEREAS, gun violence is a disease and public health crisis where “prevention” means
the absence of that disease; and

ENROLLED ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, the Council encourages all District residents to look for ways to support
their local communities’ efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and honor and
value precious human life.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Gun Violence Awareness Month Recognition Resolution of
2025”.
Sec. 2. The Council declares the month of June 2025 as “Gun Violence Awareness
Month” in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.