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PR26-0705 • 2025

Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

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Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2026-07-08
Official status
Under Council Review
Effective date
Not listed

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Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

What This Bill Does

  • Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

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Bill History

  1. 2026-07-08 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of PR26-0705 by the Executive Administration and Labor Committee

  2. 2026-07-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Roundtable on PR26-0705

  3. 2026-06-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Roundtable filed in the Office of Secretary by Executive Administration and Labor

  4. 2026-05-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee on Executive Administration and Labor

  5. 2026-05-15 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on PR26-0705 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  6. 2026-05-11 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0705 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation Resolution of 2026

Current Bill Text

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Committee Print 1
PR26-0705 2
Committee on Executive Administration and Labor 3
July 8, 2026 4
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A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 7
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IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
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To confirm the appointment of Lafayette Barnes to the Office of Employee Appeals. 15
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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 17
resolution may be cited as the “Office of Employee Appeals Lafayette Barnes Confirmation 18
Resolution of 2026”. 19
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of: 20
Lafayette Barnes 21
Mississippi Avenue, SE 22
Washington, DC 20032 23
(Ward 8) 24
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as a member of the Office of Employee Appeals, established by section 601 of the District of 26
Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 27
(D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-606.01), replacing Arrington Dixon, for a term to end 28
April 6, 2028. 29
Sec. 3. The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the 30
nominee and to the Office of the Mayor. 31
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. 32