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PR26-0429 • 2025

District of Columbia Boards and Commissions Financial Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

District of Columbia Boards and Commissions Financial Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Mendelson
Last action
2025-12-12
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about the exact new start date for financial reporting requirements, leaving this detail uncertain.

Emergency Declaration for DC Board and Commission Financial Reports

This resolution declares an emergency to change the date when certain boards and commissions in Washington, D.C., must start reporting their financial information.

What This Bill Does

  • Declares that there is an immediate need to clarify when some boards and commissions must begin providing more detailed financial reports.
  • Explains that these new requirements were set by the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA) in 2012.
  • Notes that a temporary delay was put in place until January 1, 2026, to give time for further review.
  • States that emergency action is needed to align the start date of these new requirements with when the temporary delay ends.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Boards and commissions in Washington, D.C., that need to provide financial reports.

Terms To Know

Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (BEGA)
A group responsible for setting rules about ethics and financial reporting in Washington, D.C.
Emergency Declaration
A statement that urgent action is needed to address a specific issue quickly.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify the exact new start date for the financial reporting requirements.
  • It relies on future legislation being reviewed by the Council of the District of Columbia.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0279, Effective from Dec 02, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 013913

  2. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Retained by the Council

  3. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  4. 2025-12-02 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0279

  5. 2025-12-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0429 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

District of Columbia Boards and Commissions Financial Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

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A RESOLUTION

26-279

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

December 2, 2025

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend section 5710 of Title
3 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations to further clarify the applicability
date for expanded financial reporting requirements for certain boards and commissions.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Boards and Commissions Financial
Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. (a) There exists an immediate need to further clarify the applicability date for
expanded financial reporting requirements for certain boards and commissions under section
5710 of Title 3 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (3 DCMR § 5710).
(b) The Board of Ethics and Government Accountability (“BEGA”) adopted these
expanded financial reporting requirements after identifying approximately 45 boards and
commissions as containing members that BEGA considered appropriate to file annual financial
disclosures. BEGA took this action pursuant to section 101(47)(I) of the Board of Ethics and
Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act
of 2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official Code 1-1161.01(47)(I)).
(c) In May 2025, the Council enacted emergency and temporary legislation to delay the
implementation of these expanded financial reporting requirements until January 1, 2026, to
allow the Council an opportunity to consider the issue more fully. In July 2025, Chairman
Mendelson introduced permanent legislation on the issue that is currently under Council review.
(d) The temporary legislation that contains the provisions delaying implementation of
these expanded reporting requirements until January 1, 2026, will expire on April 3, 2026.
(e) Emergency legislation is necessary to align the date of the applicability of the
expanded reporting requirements with the date of the expiration of the temporary legislation
providing for that delay and to provide sufficient time for the Council to consider the Board of
Ethics and Government Accountability Authority Clarification Amendment Act of 2025, as
introduced on July 11, 2025 (Bill 26-325), the permanent legislation on the issue that is already
under Council review.

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia finds that the circumstances enumerated
in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the District of
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Columbia Boards and Commissions Financial Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 be
adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.