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PR26-0163 • 2025

Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Nadeau
Last action
2025-04-11
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the exact timeline for when the permanent law will be implemented after October 1, 2025.

Emergency Declaration for Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) to continue enforcing traffic laws against delivery vehicles until a permanent law can be implemented.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares that there is an emergency situation where DFHV needs authority to enforce traffic rules on delivery vehicles.
  • Extends the temporary authority given to DFHV in July 2024, which allows them to issue warnings and citations for violations by delivery vehicles.
  • Prevents a gap in enforcement when the current temporary law expires on April 17, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) will have continued authority to enforce traffic laws on delivery vehicles.
  • Delivery vehicle operators and companies that use these services in the District of Columbia will be subject to ongoing enforcement.

Terms To Know

Emergency Declaration
A statement by a government body declaring an urgent situation requiring immediate action.
Carrier-for-hire
A type of transportation service where private operators deliver items like parcels, food, or beverages for payment.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution only extends temporary authority and does not create a permanent law.
  • It is unclear when the permanent law will be fully implemented after October 1, 2025.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0085, Effective from Apr 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004092

  2. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0085

  5. 2025-03-31 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0163 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

26-85

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

April 1, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Department of
For-Hire Vehicles Establishment Act of 1985 to authorize the Department of For-Hire
Vehicles to enforce traffic laws against carrier-for-hire vehicles.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic
Enforcement Expansion Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) On July 8, 2024, the Council passed the Department of For-Hire Vehicles
Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Temporary Act of 2022, effective September
4, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-205; 71 DCR 9325), which grants the Department of For-Hire Vehicles
(“DFHV”) the authority to enforce traffic laws and issue citations to delivery vehicles, or
“carriers-for-hire”, defined as “a class of transportation service by which a network of private
operators, couriers, or carriers provide delivery of parcels, food, or beverages in the District for
compensation”.
(b) The authority granted to DFHV by D.C. Law 25-025 is a continuation of emergency
and temporary measures passed by the Council in 2022 and 2023. DFHV has exercised this
enforcement authority to promote safety for carrier-for-hire operators and customers, and for
other road users. In Fiscal Year 2024, a total of 1,297 warnings or notices of infraction were
issued by DFHV to carriers-for-hire.
(c) D.C. Law 25-205 is set to expire on April 17, 2025.
(d) On December 17, 2024, the Council passed the Carrier-for-Hire Oversight and
Enforcement Amendment Act of 2024, effective March 21, 2025 (D.C. Act 25-693; 72 DCR
742), which includes provisions substantively similar to D.C. Law 25-205. That permanent act is
subject to appropriations, which indicates a likely applicability date of no earlier than October 1,
2025.
(e) Additional emergency and temporary measures are necessary to prevent a gap in
DFHV’s authority to conduct street enforcement of carrier-for-hire operators.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances
enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the
ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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Department of For-Hire Vehicles Delivery Vehicle Traffic Enforcement Expansion Emergency
Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.