No Convicts Running the Capital Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced
Summary
Bars people and companies tied to violent or dangerous crimes from DC government jobs and contracts. This bill would require job candidates and vendors to certify they are not finally convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime.
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- DC workers who have a final conviction for a violent or dangerous crime would be removed from government positions if they hold those jobs when the law takes effect. New appointees would be blocked unless they certify no such final conviction.
- Vendors that are individuals with qualifying final convictions would be barred from contracts. Entities would also be barred if they employ, are run by, or are controlled by someone with a qualifying final conviction, and existing contracts that become covered would be ended within 90 days.
- The bill relies on District of Columbia code definitions for "crime of violence" and "dangerous crime" and treats substantially similar federal or state offenses the same. "Finally convicted" means appeals are exhausted or the appeals process is complete.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
No convicted workers in DC government
If enacted, the bill would bar the District of Columbia from appointing anyone to a DC government position unless they certify they have not been finally convicted of a crime of violence or a dangerous crime. It would require the District to terminate any person who holds a DC government job on the enactment date and has such a final conviction, within 90 days after enactment. The bill would define "finally convicted" as a conviction that cannot be appealed or for which appeals are complete, and it adopts the DC code meanings for violent and dangerous crimes.
New rules for DC government vendors
If enacted, the bill would create a "covered vendor" rule that can bar people and companies from getting DC contracts. An individual vendor would be covered if they have been finally convicted of a violent or dangerous crime. A company would be covered if it employs such a person to perform the contract, if such a person is an officer or director, or if such a person has controlling ownership. DC offices would have to get a certification that a vendor is not covered before signing new contracts, and would have to end any in-effect contract with a covered vendor within 90 days of enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
SC • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
TN • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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