PR26-0497 • 2025

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026

Crime

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Pinto
Last action: 2026-01-16
Official status: Approved
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about modifying Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024 or extending deadlines.

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Declaration

This resolution declares an emergency to amend reporting requirements for pretrial detention in the District of Columbia.

What This Bill Does

Declares that there is an emergency situation regarding the need to change certain reporting rules.

Who It Names or Affects

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)
The Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia

Terms To Know

Pretrial Detention: Keeping someone in jail before their trial because they are considered a risk to society.
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC): An organization that works on improving the criminal justice system in Washington, D.C.

Limits and Unknowns

The resolution does not specify how much additional time is needed for the CJCC to complete their report.
It only applies to the District of Columbia and its local laws.

Bill History

2026-01-16 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Resolution R26-0304, Effective from Jan 06, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000467
2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Retained by the Council
2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Legislative Meeting
2026-01-06 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
Approved with Resolution Number R26-0304
2026-01-05 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS
PR26-0497 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-304

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

January 6, 2026

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001 to clarify
certain reporting requirements.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Pretrial Detention Reporting Emergency Declaration Resolution
of 2026”.

Sec. 2. (a) The Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2024, effective June 8, 2024
(D.C. Law 25-175; 71 DCR 2732) (“Secure DC”), established a rebuttable presumption for
pretrial detention in certain cases in our criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. These
measures are set to expire on December 31, 2026. The Council also established a requirement
that the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (“CJCC”) submit to the Mayor and the Council
reports on the efficacy of the criminal justice and juvenile justice pretrial detention provisions.
Modifications are needed to Secure DC to ensure the CJCC report covers the appropriate data for
effective analysis of these policies. The Council determined earlier this year that additional time
is needed for the CJCC to complete the report.
(b) Emergency legislation is necessary to amend section 1505 of the Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia Establishment Act of 2001, effective October
3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code § 22-4234), to clarify certain reporting
requirements.

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 Pretrial
Detention Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 be adopted after a single reading.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.