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PR26-0332 • 2025

Peace DC Omnibus Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Peace DC Omnibus Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Pinto
Last action
2025-10-17
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact implementation details for some of these changes are not provided in the official summary, leaving room for further clarification or additional rules.

Emergency Changes for DC Public Safety and Law

This resolution makes emergency changes to several laws in the District of Columbia related to public safety, education requirements for police officers, court procedures, and other legal matters.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares an emergency situation that allows immediate changes to certain laws.
  • Clarifies rules about sealing criminal records to make them clearer and more efficient.
  • Extends the time frame for some pretrial detention provisions in existing law.
  • Updates how fare evasion citations are handled on public transportation.
  • Allows police officer applicants to count training hours towards education requirements.
  • Clarifies when the Metropolitan Police Department can make warrantless arrests.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People with criminal records who want their cases sealed by motion.
  • Individuals facing pretrial detention.
  • Passengers on public transportation who might face fare evasion citations.
  • Applicants for police officer positions in the Metropolitan Police Department.

Terms To Know

Emergency Legislation
Laws that can be passed quickly to address urgent situations.
Sealing Criminal Records
The process of making criminal records unavailable for public viewing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This resolution only applies in the District of Columbia.
  • It does not specify all the details about how these changes will be implemented.
  • Some parts of this resolution may need further clarification or additional rules to work properly.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-17 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0199, Effective from Oct 07, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 011409

  2. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-10-07 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0199

  5. 2025-10-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0332 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Peace DC Omnibus Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

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A RESOLUTION

26-199

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

October 7, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend Title 6-A of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to make
conforming changes; to amend the Omnibus Police Reform Amendment Act of 2000 to
allow applicants for sworn officers of the Metropolitan Police Department to count
certain credit hours for completion of the initial training program towards the requirement
that certain applicants complete 60-hours of post-secondary education at an accredited
college or university; to amend section 23-581 of the District of Columbia Official Code
to clarify the authority of Metropolitan Police Department warrantless arrest
requirements; to amend the Act to Regulate Public Conduct on Public Passenger Vehicles
to provide that the adjudication of fare evasion citations shall be pursuant to the
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985; to amend
Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify that offenses
eligible in the future for automatic sealing are currently eligible for sealing by motion; to
amend the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 to amend the sunset date of
certain provisions regarding pretrial detention; to amend the Criminal Justice
Coordination Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2011 to change
the deadline for certain reports; and to amend the Clemency Board Waiver Authority
Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 to clarify the effective date.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Peace DC Omnibus Congressional Review Emergency
Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) Emergency legislation is necessary to implement several provisions of the
Peace DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2025, enacted on July 21, 2025 (D.C. Act 26-114; 72
DCR 8162) (“Peace DC Omnibus”). The Peace DC Omnibus advances several key components
of Councilmember Pinto’s Peace DC plan by supporting our public safety workforce, reducing
recidivism, strengthening neighborhood harmony, and preventing violence.
(b) The provisions to amend Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the District of Columbia Official
Code to clarify that offenses eligible in the future for automatic sealing are currently eligible for
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sealing by motion are necessary to implement on an emergency basis because the existing gap is
creating confusion and inefficiencies in our court system.
(c) The provisions to amend the Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024, effective
June 8, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-175; 71 DCR 2732), to amend the sunset date of certain provisions
regarding pretrial detention are necessary to avoid a gap in the law.
(d) The provisions to amend the Act to Regulate Public Conduct on Public Passenger
Vehicles, effective September 23, 1975 (D.C. Law 1-18; D.C. Official Code § 35-251 et seq.), to
provide that the adjudication of fare evasion citations shall be pursuant to the Department of
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C.
Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code § 2-1801.01 et seq.), should be implemented immediately to allow
for improvements in the adjudication system to begin to be implemented expeditiously.
(e) The provisions to amend the Omnibus Police Reform Amendment Act of 2000,
effective October 4, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-160; 47 DCR 4619), to allow applicants for sworn
officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) to count certain credit hours for
completion of the initial training program towards the requirement that certain applicants
complete 60-hours of post-secondary education at an accredited college or university are
necessary to implement immediately so that MPD may begin in the fall with a partnership with
an accredited institution.
(f) The provisions to amend section 23-581 of the District of Columbia Official Code to
clarify the authority of MPD warrantless arrest requirements are necessary to provide technical
corrections in existing law.

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 Peace
DC Omnibus Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be adopted after a
single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.