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District of ColumbiaB26-0265Council Period 26 (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Act of 2025

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166 provisions identified: 94 benefits, 37 costs, 35 mixed.

Eligible transit board members receive stipends

Eligible principal members of the Washington-area transit board receive $20,000 for each 12-month period. They must be appointed under the specified law and cannot be District employees or public officials. Qualifying alternate members receive $250 for each day they replace a principal member to establish a quorum.

Tax relief for community land trust homeowners

Residents with community land trust land leases are treated as owners when applying for the homestead tax deduction. Qualifying lower-income households also get a deed recordation tax exemption for covered leasehold purchases. Trust-owned property leased to qualifying lower-income households is exempt from real property tax. For resale-restricted trust homes, land assessments use average annual lease rent, including renewals, capitalized at 10%, plus extra consideration. The amount subject to capitalization cannot exceed the covered property's fair market value; actual tax savings depend on the property.

Tax savings for community land trusts

Property transfers to a qualifying community land trust are exempt from District transfer and deed recordation taxes. The trust must meet the District’s legal definition of a community land trust. Savings depend on the transaction; the supplied text does not state a dollar amount.

Tipped workers get scheduled wage increases

The law sets covered workers’ tipped cash wage as a share of the regular minimum wage. That share reaches 56% on July 1, 2026, and 60% on July 1, 2028. It reaches 65% on July 1, 2030, 70% on July 1, 2032, and 75% on July 1, 2034. The schedule is subject to the law’s tipped-wage exceptions. Tips must cover at least the difference between the hourly wage paid and the regular minimum wage.

Two Parkside lots gain tax relief

Lots 866 and 868 in Square 5056 qualify for annual property tax abatements capped at $300,000 per lot. Each lot must receive a final certificate of occupancy by September 30, 2029. Relief begins October 1, 2029, and lasts 30 property tax years. Actual relief below the cap depends on assessed taxes.

Bigger lease grants for Chinatown applicants

The Chinatown Long-Term Lease Grant program expands awards to eligible entities and eligible commercial property owners. The specified grant amount rises from $125,000 to $250,000. Tenant improvement help can cover façade repairs and interior and exterior renovations. Applicants must meet program eligibility requirements and compete for grants; an award is not guaranteed.

Grant supports Ward Eight cannabis retailer

For fiscal year 2025, the law directs a $500,000 grant to one licensed medical cannabis retailer in Ward 8. The retailer must have operated since January 2019. The grant supports continued operation of its current business.

Baby Bonds program ends for families

Effective September 30, 2025, the law repeals the District's Baby Bonds program authority. It also repeals the related cited tax-code provision. Eligible children and families lose access to the program. The supplied text does not state individual benefit amounts.

Cash assistance violations trigger benefit cuts

Beginning October 1, 2026, the Department of Human Services must cut an assistance unit’s TANF benefit by 25%. The cut applies when a recipient is found to violate District public assistance law or its implementing rules. The assistance unit receives 75% of its benefit before this reduction.

Smaller cash benefits after TANF limits

Beginning October 1, 2026, District-funded TANF cash benefits shrink for some assistance units that include an adult. The cuts apply after the 60-month limit, or after 60 months of federal and District TANF benefits following February 28, 1997. Benefits equal 70% of the fiscal year 2026 amount in fiscal year 2027 and 50% in fiscal year 2028. They fall to 25% in fiscal year 2029 and remain at that level in fiscal year 2030 and later. Existing statutory exceptions apply, but the supplied text does not describe them.

Time limits end rapid rehousing help

Rapid Re-Housing clients must leave when their assistance time limit ends, unless the Mayor grants an extension. The Mayor sets the limit by rule, and it cannot be shorter than 12 months. Clients notified before the FY2026 Budget Support Emergency Act took effect exit after 24 months or September 30, 2025, whichever is later. That exit applies even during an appeal. Notices issued on or after that emergency act took effect do not carry continuation-of-services protections.

Families lose District child tax credit

The law repeals the District child tax credit provision, effective October 1, 2024. Families who otherwise qualified lose access to that credit. The supplied text does not state the credit amount or describe a replacement.

Rising fees for construction debris containers

Businesses pay monthly permit fees for each construction-debris container placed in public space. Fees are $75 for month 1, $150 for month 2, and $225 for months 3 and 4. Month 5 costs $300. Each later month adds $150 to the monthly fee: month 6 costs $450, month 7 costs $600, and so on.

Funding supports switching homes to electricity

The Sustainable Energy Trust Fund can support replacing residential systems that burn fossil fuels on site. Replacements must do the same job and run entirely on electricity, with additional terms referenced in section 217. The provision includes up to $2 million for fiscal year 2024 for River Terrace and Deanwood homes in Ward 7. It does not set household award amounts or establish that the 2024 money remains available in later years.

Child support protections for assistance families

Beginning October 1, 2025, the District disregards all current monthly child support and voluntary support received from an absent parent or spouse under the affected assistance rules. This can help eligible families keep assistance. A separate amended rule exempts up to the first $200 of the referenced child support payment. That $200 exception is not stated as a cap on the full-support disregard under the other rule. The supplied text does not explain the separate rule's treatment of amounts above $200.

Funding to raise Medicaid personal allowances

Beginning September 1, 2025, the law directs qualifying recurring funds toward increasing the Medicaid personal needs allowance. It assigns the next $500,000 each year in fiscal years 2026 through 2029. Funding requires the September 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the estimate in the approved fiscal year 2025 budget. Fiscal year 2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The law does not state the new allowance or each recipient’s increase.

Revenue-backed delay for Alliance service limits

Effective September 1, 2025, the law assigns $21.538938 million in qualifying extra revenue to delay Healthcare Alliance service limits. The delay lasts until October 1, 2026, for enrollees age 21 or older. Funding requires the September 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the approved FY2025 budget estimate. FY2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. When those funding conditions are satisfied, access to affected services continues during the delay; the supplied text does not identify those services.

Some families can avoid cash-aid cuts

Beginning October 1, 2026, the Mayor may exempt some District-funded TANF assistance units from cuts after the 60-month limit. The monthly average exempted cannot exceed 25% of the average monthly number of units receiving District-funded TANF. The Mayor may use the current or prior fiscal year's average to calculate the cap. An exemption is not automatic; the Mayor chooses whether to grant it and which units receive it.

Homebuyers get longer deadlines and fewer barriers

Home Purchase Assistance Program applicants have at least two years after completing required housing counseling to receive assistance. The Mayor cannot use a participant's loan-to-value ratio or first mortgage amount to decide whether to award funding. If money runs out before the eligibility notice's fiscal year ends, the notice gets more time. It stays valid through at least the end of the next fiscal year with available funding. These protections do not guarantee an award.

Child care teachers get salary floors

Child care facilities receiving Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund money must meet annual teacher salary minimums. From October 1 through December 31, 2024, assistant minimums range from $43,865 to $54,262. Lead teacher minimums for that period range from $54,262 to $75,103. From January 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, assistant minimums range from $51,006 to $54,262; lead minimums range from $51,006 to $75,103. Each teacher’s required minimum depends on their role and credentials or education.

Direct care workers get average-pay protection

In fiscal year 2026, District reimbursement must support the highest of three wage benchmarks for direct care workers. These are 117.6% of the July 1, 2025 living wage, the current minimum wage, or the current living wage. Providers must pay their direct care workers that benchmark on average. Providers may vary pay based on qualified experience and demonstrated skill, so some workers can earn below the average.

More pay funding for charter educators

For school year 2025–2026, the State Superintendent's office must pay public charter school agencies a total of $30.785832 million. The money comes from the Workforce Investments account and must exclusively increase educator compensation. Each school agency's leader must assure that use, and educators must receive the money during that school year. Administrative personnel are excluded. Individual educators' shares are not specified.

Paid nurse aide training and job connections

Students in the certified nurse aide program receive $17 per hour of participation from authorized program funds. Total pay depends on hours; the supplied provision states no maximum. The State Superintendent's office and its university partner must plan for completers to take the certification exam within two months. Students must finish the course and clinical hours to enter that exam plan. Students who earn certification must be connected with hiring industry partners, but certification and employment are not guaranteed.

Construction relief for neighborhood businesses

In fiscal year 2026, $150,000 in grants supports small businesses affected by construction near Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Potomac Avenue SE. Covered locations also include 8th Street SE between Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Virginia Avenue SE. A separate $1.125 million supports Gallery Place and Chinatown businesses during Capital One Arena redevelopment construction. That support comes from the specified account. The law does not state individual business awards.

Rent grants for Rhode Island Avenue

The competitive Rhode Island Avenue program must award at least $350,000 in fiscal year 2026 for rent or tenant improvements. Eligible corridor businesses must be District-registered, offer qualifying services, and have fewer than 30 full-time employees. They must be in good standing with licensing, tax, employment, and federal tax agencies. Applicants need a signed lease or evidence of intent for a fixed term of at least 10 years, excluding options, plus annual lease proof. Eligible property owners cannot be beneficial owners of the tenant business and must pass along at least the grant's value.

Vehicle registration fees depend on weight

Vehicle registration fees are $85 for Class I vehicles weighing 3,499 pounds or less. Fees are $175 for Class II, $275 for Class III, $400 for Class IV, and $650 for Class V. Class VI vehicles, weighing 8,000 pounds or more, pay $750. Vehicles above 8,000 pounds also pay $75 for each additional 1,000 pounds. The supplied text does not give the former rates.

Cash assistance loses inflation increases

District cash assistance levels receive no inflation-based increases in fiscal years 2027 through 2030. The freeze does not state a dollar cut or change other eligibility rules. The value of missed increases depends on inflation and the underlying benefit amount.

Alcohol retailers need two bingo approvals

On-premises alcohol retailers offering commercial bingo must hold one of the listed eligible retailer license classes. They need both an Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Board endorsement and an Office of Lottery and Gaming license. The endorsement costs $300 each year. The lottery office cannot issue commercial bingo licenses before October 1, 2025.

For-hire operators face enforcement and deadlines

The District can impound any for-hire vehicle observed providing service that starts or occurs entirely within the District. This applies when the vehicle lacks a District for-hire license or its business lacks District operating authority. An existing carrier-for-hire obligation applies no later than January 1, 2026. Parties covered by a separate registration rule must register by January 5, 2026. The supplied text does not identify that obligation or who must register.

Higher skill-game fees for businesses

Businesses covered by the game-of-skill licensing rules pay an annual fee of $500 instead of $200. That adds $300 per year for each affected business.

Strict onsite rules for commercial bingo

Commercial bingo must take place at the licensed establishment with a live caller. Rules must ban remote play and devices that replace onsite human opponents with machines or computerized systems. Violations can bring fines up to $50,000 per violation, license suspension, or license loss. The law also excludes commercial bingo tax proceeds from a referenced gaming-fund rule, without naming a new destination.

Commercial bingo operators pay new tax

Commercial bingo operators pay a 7.5% tax on covered sales and charges to play. Tax equals covered gross receipts multiplied by 7.5%. The law does not establish whether operators pass this cost to players.

Vehicle registration fees depend on weight

The first annual fee schedule charges $70, $175, $300, or $550 for Classes I through IV. Class I covers vehicles weighing 3,499 pounds or less; Class IV starts at 6,000 pounds. Weight above 10,000 pounds adds $75 for each additional 1,000 pounds. New electric vehicles under 5,000 pounds pay $40 for each of their first two registration years, excluding motorcycles and motorized bicycles. Disability-tag vehicles pay $70 when a disability accommodation causes their weight to exceed 3,499 pounds. The second schedule charges $115, $225, $325, $450, $700, or $800 for Classes I through VI. Its Class I ends at 3,499 pounds, and Class VI starts at 8,000 pounds. Weight above 8,000 pounds adds $100 for each additional 1,000 pounds.

Homebuyer help gets priority and rolling access

The Home Purchase Assistance Fund can offer loans, down-payment help, and interim financing for low- and moderate-income buyers' principal District homes. Eligible District employees can also qualify through the employer-assisted housing program, and assistance can be combined with other housing programs. District residents who are low income, elderly, displaced, or have disabilities receive priority. The Mayor sets assistance terms and must distribute available program money on a rolling basis, not by lottery. Awards are not guaranteed, and unused fund money moves to the General Fund at fiscal year-end.

Body art safety rules and penalties

Body art businesses and their artists must hold valid licenses. The Department of Health must set licensing, registration, infection-control, and safety rules, with fees as needed; fee amounts are not set. Tattoo businesses must post the required FDA pigment warning and keep pigment-component records available for customers to review on request. Supplier, manufacturer, and recalled-pigment records must cover the past 3 years. Businesses must use regularly calibrated autoclaves to sterilize reusable equipment and single-use sharps, pigments, gloves, and cleansing products under health rules. Licensing violations are misdemeanors carrying up to $2,500 in fines, 3 months in prison, or both. Disclosure or sanitation violations can bring license suspension or loss and a fine of up to $2,500.

Device use allowed when safely pulled over

The hands-free driving restriction has an exception when a vehicle is stopped beside or off an active roadway. The location must allow the vehicle to remain safely stationary. The exception does not cover vehicles still operating on the roadway.

Legal help for low-income District residents

The Access to Justice Initiative includes its legal assistance, loan repayment, and Civil Legal Counsel Projects programs. It supports nonprofit groups serving low-income and underserved District residents, including a shared legal interpreter bank. Eligible individuals and groups can receive legal services in covered proceedings.

Motor vehicle debt excluded from screening

Debt owed to the Department of Motor Vehicles no longer counts toward this Clean Hands debt test. The test checks whether a person or business owes more than $1,000 in qualifying District fines, penalties, or interest. Other qualifying District debts still count. This exclusion does not cancel the motor vehicle debt.

Privacy limits for background screening notices

Participating agencies can use Rap Back notification information only to check eligibility for specified roles. These include care, security, licensing, appointment, certification, registration, employment, and volunteer roles. Agencies cannot share that notification information further.

Benefit applicants get clearer help contacts

The Department of Human Services must prominently explain the Ombudsman Program and its services. It must provide the program’s phone number, email address, and website online, in all benefit applications and official benefit materials, and at each service center. Applicants and recipients can use these contacts to seek help with benefit concerns. Benefit amounts and eligibility do not change.

More help resolving public benefit problems

The District Ombudsman Program now serves applicants and recipients of public benefits administered by the Economic Security Administration, including SNAP and TANF. It helps residents understand options, address coverage problems and unfavorable decisions, access benefits, and get referrals. Its reporting and consumer-record rules also cover public benefits. Existing health-coverage groups remain served. This assistance does not itself change eligibility or benefit amounts.

Furniture help funded for low-income families

Human Services must give A Wider Circle a $250,000 grant for fiscal year 2026. The money supports furniture and home goods for low-income people and families. The law does not set a benefit amount for each household.

Land trust taxpayers get retroactive refunds

The law requires forgiveness and refunds where the new community land trust tax exemptions apply. Covered payments include transfer, recordation, and real property taxes, plus penalties and interest collected since October 1, 2018. Refunds go to qualifying tax payers. A separate rule covers real property owned of record by a community land trust through September 30, 2025. Relief depends on the applicable exemption and qualifying payment or ownership.

District employee compensation money stays available

The law creates an Employees' Compensation Fund for covered compensation, benefits, and related expenses under District personnel law. The fund receives appropriations, transfers, and other money provided by law. Unspent money stays in the fund rather than returning to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across fiscal years when an approved budget and financial plan authorize it.

Retired police gain pension-safe job options

Retired police officers receiving retirement benefits can work full-time or part-time for the Department of Forensic Sciences without jeopardizing those benefits. The law removes the prior limit to temporary employment.

Workers get clearer compensation source disclosures

Beginning January 1, 2026, employers must list employees' compensation sources beyond base wages and tips in required employee information. The list includes bonuses, sales commissions, amounts based on a percentage of service charges, and other compensation sources. This disclosure does not itself change wages or tips owed.

Sales tax increase delayed for shoppers

The law keeps the covered District sales tax rate at 6.0% before October 1, 2026. It delays the 6.5% rate previously scheduled for October 1, 2025. During that delay, shoppers save $5 for every $1,000 in purchases covered by this rate.

Columbia Heights vendors get backup oversight

Without a contracted vending zone manager, the Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant zone must have an unpaid oversight committee. It has no more than three members: one serving ANC 1A commissioner and two Council-appointed representatives. The committee helps with the site plan, advises agencies, reports monthly to the Council, and supports vendor outreach. It expires two years after the Act's effective date.

Fewer legal barriers for authorized games

Businesses seeking the covered game-of-skill authorization no longer need an onsite sales and consumption permit for that qualification. A separate legal prohibition does not apply to authorized commercial bingo, sports wagering, or games of skill. The sports wagering exception applies as of May 3, 2019; the games-of-skill exception applies as of April 27, 2021. These exceptions cover only activities authorized under District law.

Grant authority helps mobile sidewalk vendors

The Mayor may issue grants to help mobile and sidewalk vendors obtain licenses and required approvals. Grants can also cover vending equipment, supplies, and support for successful operations. Awards must follow the Grant Administration Act of 2013. The law sets no grant amount or funding level and does not guarantee an award.

Great Streets grants gain payment flexibility

Great Streets grants can be paid in one or more installments. The law removes the requirement to divide payments into multiple installments. It does not change grant amounts or specify a payment schedule.

More options for business fee relief

The District can create programs to waive or forgive business license fees and penalties. The law expands this authority but does not guarantee relief for any business. It does not set a waiver amount.

Vending managers cannot issue infraction notices

A licensing department employee designated as a vending zone site manager cannot issue notices under the Vending Regulation Act. This limits that employee's enforcement power. Vendors must still follow the underlying vending rules.

Business associations gain public safety grants

Nonprofit voluntary business associations are expressly eligible for grants from the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. Grant money can pay staff salaries and benefits. Special police officer costs are allowed only with the Deputy Mayor's specific approval.

Charities get grants for historic burial grounds

The Office of Planning must issue grants when funding is available to qualifying 501(c)(3) charities. Eligible burial grounds were established in the District before January 1, 1955, for African American interments. Grants support preservation, restoration, identification, interpretation, return of human remains, and related research and records. Work on private property requires the owner's written consent. The law specifies no grant amount.

District coordinates cleanups and cleaning grants

Public Works now has a Clean City office led by a full-time coordinator appointed by the Mayor. The coordinator must organize agency cleaning work and assess District-wide cleanliness every quarter. With available funding, the coordinator may issue public-space cleaning grants that favor existing locally funded Clean Teams. Grants must prioritize major roads, commercial corridors, and mixed-use neighborhoods, and cannot replace Public Works staff work.

District creates accessible public restroom program

Public Works now has a public restroom program and may contract for accessible facilities with running water. Facilities must allow remote monitoring, set operating hours, and relocation at the Director's direction. Contractors must provide round-the-clock maintenance and monthly usage and condition reports. Initial placements near six named locations and within four named areas depend on funding. New locations must first prioritize sites in the required report.

District history nonprofits receive required grants

In fiscal year 2026, Events DC must give at least $350,000 to a District nonprofit teaching the District's role in freedom and democracy. Its education must emphasize inclusion of all eight wards. Events DC must also give at least $250,000 to a nonprofit occupying Carnegie Library space that collects, interprets, and shares District history. The Carnegie Library grant is in addition to other Events DC grants for historical education and research.

Extra revenue funds sound-rule repeal

Effective September 1, 2025, the law allocates $1.893863 million in qualifying extra revenue to support an amplified-sound rule repeal. Allocations are $608,000 in FY2026, $419,874 in FY2027, $428,561 in FY2028, and $437,429 in FY2029. The September 2025 FY2025 local revenue estimate must exceed the estimate in the approved FY2025 budget and financial plan. FY2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the CFO no later than November 15, 2025. The supplied text does not explain the repeal's practical effects on residents.

Funding for safety grants and testing

In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice must award at least $750,000 in covered grants. The law also assigns the next $3.5 million of qualifying extra revenue to in-house DNA testing. That revenue rule takes effect September 1, 2025. Testing money requires the September 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the approved FY2025 budget estimate. FY2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025.

Grants support District culture and community services

The Mayor can give grants for culture, community relations, and partnerships to people and groups serving District residents. These grants must follow the Grant Administration Act of 2013. The Deputy Mayor can grant money to the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation, Inc. The money supports museum redevelopment and operation at 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW. In fiscal year 2026, $250,000 from the specified tax-funded account supports preserving and renewing Chinatown's cultural identity.

Legal service grants support District residents

The Mayor administers a Community Legal Education and Resources Grant Program for legal services supporting District residents. Eligible providers are nonprofits, private entities partnering with nonprofits, or private entities using free volunteer legal assistance. Grants support legal advice, brief services, limited-scope representation, and attorney training. Grants must follow the Grant Administration Act of 2013; no award amounts are specified.

Lobbyist fees stay dedicated to oversight

The ethics board deposits lobbyist-law fees into the Lobbyist Fund. Money can be used only to administer and enforce that law. Unspent money does not return to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan.

Partnerships can support more public restrooms

The Public Works Director can make partnerships, memoranda of understanding, or cost-sharing agreements with outside groups. Agreements must support additional public restroom facilities under the Department's contract. The law does not require an agreement or set a funding amount.

Public wayfinding kiosks can display ads

The Mayor may contract for interactive wayfinding kiosks in commercial districts and other unrestricted District locations. Kiosks may show digital ads, and the District must receive a share of ad revenue. The agreement must follow applicable law. The supplied text does not set the revenue share or number of kiosks.

River cleanup keeps dedicated fee money

The Anacostia River cleanup fund receives bag fees sent to the tax office and specified specialty-license-plate revenues. It also receives net proceeds from the voluntary tax check-off. Unspent money does not return to the General Fund at year-end. Appropriated money remains available across years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan.

Rock Creek tennis upgrades follow property transfer

The law authorizes transfer of the described part of U.S. Reservation 339, including Rock Creek Tennis Center, from federal to District control. After that transfer, or another Council-approved transfer of jurisdiction over the property, the parks department must start a capital project. The project must bring the center into compliance with ATP Tour and WTA Tour event standards. The law gives no project cost or completion date.

Extra childcare subsidy funding for families

Beginning September 1, 2025, the law assigns the first $5.5 million in qualifying one-time revenues to childcare subsidies for fiscal year 2026. Funding requires the September 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the estimate in the approved fiscal year 2025 budget. Fiscal year 2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The supplied text does not set household subsidy amounts or change eligibility.

Health department leads childhood lead prevention

The Department of Health must run childhood lead-poisoning prevention and regulate medical waste, low-level radioactive waste, and specified home hazards. Home hazards include indoor air hazards and pests. The lead-prevention and medical-waste duties transfer from the environment department applies as of July 29, 2021. The Mayor may also issue rules supporting providers who care for children with lead poisoning. No specific provider support amount or family service is guaranteed.

Long-term care gets dedicated workforce planning

The law creates a full-time long-term care coordinator in the Deputy Mayor's health and human services office. By January 1, 2026, the coordinator must track services, coordinate Age-Friendly DC work, and develop a data-based workforce strategy. The coordinator must identify agency contacts to reduce duplicate work. This position does not guarantee a specific care service or household payment.

Neighborhood grants fund substance use outreach

By October 31, 2025, Behavioral Health must award $800,000 from the Opioid Abatement Fund for outreach in four areas. These are near T Street NW’s 600 block; North Capitol Street NW’s 1300–1700 blocks and Lincoln Road NE’s 1600–1700 blocks; Minnesota Avenue NE’s 3800–4000 blocks; and Marion Barry Avenue SE’s 1300–1800 blocks. The fiscal year 2026 funding directive covers this same $800,000, not a second allocation. Another $200,000 grant must support outreach near King Greenleaf Recreation Center, 201 N Street SW. Grants fund direct support, relationships, and service connections through experienced 501(c)(3) harm-reduction nonprofits; the four-area grants must go to the organizations funded under the 2023 outreach law.

Northwest neighborhoods get behavioral health outreach

By October 31, 2025, Behavioral Health must award a $750,000 outreach grant. Services cover Columbia Heights Civic Plaza and the Mount Pleasant Street–Kenyon Street intersection. They also cover Georgia Avenue between New Hampshire Avenue and Harvard Street, and U Street between 14th Street and Georgia Avenue. The grant funds direct support, relationship building, and connections to substance use and behavioral health resources.

Opioid funds support testing and programs

For fiscal year 2026, the Opioid Abatement Fund provides $400,000 to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. It supports drug misuse testing and new opioid testing methods through the Forensic Toxicology Lab and Data Fusion Center. Another $907,000 goes to Behavioral Health to carry out a specified statutory program. These funds go to government programs, not household payments.

Emergency rent assistance gets conditional funding

The law assigns the next $2.950715 million of qualifying one-time extra revenue to emergency rental assistance in fiscal year 2026. Funding requires the September 2025 estimate of fiscal year 2025 local revenue to exceed the approved budget estimate. Fiscal year 2025 revenue must also exceed spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The allocation does not set individual payment amounts or change eligibility.

Homebuyers get public assistance program dashboard

The housing department must maintain and publish a Home Purchase Assistance Program dashboard. It must show available funding and each administrator’s loan review guidelines and program rules. It must also show annual average processing times for eligibility notices, notices to proceed, and final loan agreements. The dashboard does not change eligibility or assistance amounts.

Police housing incentives receive conditional funding

The law assigns $638,628 in qualifying extra revenue to Metropolitan Police Department officer housing incentives. It assigns $459,000 for fiscal year 2027 and $179,628 for fiscal year 2028. Funding requires the September 2025 estimate of fiscal year 2025 local revenue to exceed the approved budget estimate. Fiscal year 2025 revenue must also exceed spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The law does not state individual award amounts or eligibility.

Charter schools get scheduled facility funding

Charter school facility payments equal the applicable per-student allowance times estimated enrollment. In fiscal years 2027 and 2028, allowances are $3,850 for non-residential facilities and $10,396 for residential facilities. In fiscal year 2029, they are $4,219 and $11,393, respectively. Beginning in fiscal year 2030, each allowance rises 3.1% annually.

Educator residency sponsorship money stays protected

District of Columbia Public Schools cannot move money appropriated for educators’ permanent residency sponsorship services to other uses. The law protects that funding’s purpose. It does not state the amount or create individual sponsorship eligibility.

Employer grants support returning citizens’ jobs

The Office on Ex-Offender Affairs can run an employer grant program supporting jobs for returning citizens. The law removes the program’s pilot label. Existing grant conditions still apply, and the text states no grant amount or end date.

Funding supports early childhood teacher pay

The law provides $72.126902 million for the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in fiscal year 2026. It also assigns the next $1.5 million of qualifying one-time extra revenue to the fund. That extra funding requires the September 2025 estimate of fiscal year 2025 local revenue to exceed the approved budget estimate. Fiscal year 2025 revenue must also exceed spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. These are program funds, not stated payments to individual teachers.

Funding-dependent support for early reading programs

The State Education Office must implement funding and other support for early reading programs and providers. Grants can be one form of support. Implementation depends on available funding. The law states no funding amount or program start date.

Lead-pipe testing money for charter schools

The law assigns the next $1 million of qualifying extra revenue to charter-school lead-pipe testing in fiscal year 2026. This revenue rule takes effect September 1, 2025. Funding requires the September 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the approved FY2025 budget estimate. FY2025 revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The money funds testing through the Public Charter School Board, not pipe replacement or household payments.

More screening authority for youth programs

The Department of Employment Services can check criminal and traffic records of certain youth program workers and volunteers. They must work for participating host employers or grantees and have direct contact with, or unsupervised access to, youth. The law authorizes checks but does not require every covered person to undergo one.

Per-student funding set for public schools

For fiscal year 2026, the public-school funding formula sets a base amount of $15,070 per student. It sets $20,194 for Pre-Kindergarten 3, $23,811 for alternative programs, and $18,385 for grades 9–12. Additional money covers special education, English learners, at-risk students, residential services, and extended school-year services. District public and charter schools receive formula funding based on student grades, programs, and needs. These are school allocations, not family payments; former funding levels are not supplied.

St. Coletta receives extra school funding

St. Coletta Special Education Public Charter School receives an extra $1.2 million in fiscal year 2026. This is separate from regular per-student funding. The Public Charter School Board must transfer it to the school’s designated bank by November 1, 2025. The school must report spending to the Board every quarter.

Training and reentry help for detained youth

In fiscal year 2026, Youth Rehabilitation Services must establish two one-year grant pilots: New Beginnings pre-apprenticeship training and aftercare for released youth. Training must teach workforce skills and offer paths to college credit or recognized apprenticeships; eligible providers need demonstrated youth apprenticeship experience. Applicants can include accredited colleges, nonprofits, and qualifying Achievement Center apprenticeship providers in good standing. Reentry grants support case management, housing, jobs, school reenrollment, and mentoring; eligible applicants include nonprofits, Neighborhood Family Success Centers, and qualifying agency grantees from the past five years in good standing. Reentry projects must coordinate discharge plans, and both pilots favor District-serving applicants and those with District government partnerships; grant amounts are unspecified.

Cherry Blossom Festival gets donation match

Events DC provides a $2 match for each $1 in corporate donations raised by April 30, 2026. The recipient must be a nonprofit producing events in the official month-long 2026 National Cherry Blossom Festival. The matching grant is capped at $1.5 million. The law transfers $1.5 million from the Non-Departmental Account to Events DC in fiscal year 2026, beyond other Festival grants.

District restores 911 and 311 funding

On October 1, 2025, the District transfers $300,000 back to the 911 and 311 Assessments Fund. This reverses $150,000 transfers to the General Fund made in each of FY2023 and FY2024. The law also removes the recurring $150,000 transfer to the General Fund. It does not specify changes to household fees or service levels.

Energy fund gains protected revenue sources

The Sustainable Energy Trust Fund receives statutory assessments, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative or successor-program credit-sale proceeds, and Green Building Fund transfers. Green Building transfers are limited to the purpose in D.C. Code § 8-1774.10(c)(18), which the supplied text does not explain. The District cannot allocate trust-fund money to the General Services budget for government utilities, energy, waste services, or other purposes. During FY2025 or FY2026, the energy department can extend a covered existing option period by one year.

Energy services and planning receive funding

The Sustainable Energy Trust Fund must provide at least $19.8 million for the Sustainable Energy Utility contract in fiscal year 2026. The yearly minimum becomes $10 million in fiscal year 2027 and every year after. Environment department contract administration and energy planning receive at least $4.143591 million in fiscal year 2026. That yearly minimum becomes $8.532489 million in fiscal year 2027 and every year after. These are program and agency funds, not direct household payments or stated household savings.

Hispanic theater receives grant and donation match

GALA Hispanic Theatre receives $450,000 by December 31, 2025, for capital repairs, renovation, and operations in fiscal year 2026. It can also receive a dollar-for-dollar match of non-government donations, capped at $50,000. Eligible donations must be raised from August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026, in the specified three-month periods. GALA must submit a notarized, itemized donation list. Matching payment deadlines extend through September 30, 2026.

Human Services grants get payment deadlines

Human Services must send qualifying grant agreements within 30 days after the fiscal year or service term begins. This applies only to grants paid entirely from local operating funds with Human Services as the sole grantor. For agreements signed after October 1, 2026, the first payment also has a deadline. Payment is due within 30 days after the later of the service start or the agency's receipt of the signed agreement.

Local theaters receive repair and operating grants

The arts commission provides these Large Capital Grants, subject to appropriated program funds. For fiscal year 2025, National Theatre gets $4 million for acquisition and repairs. Howard Theatre gets $500,000 for renovation-related debt payments and operations, while Lincoln Theatre gets $285,000 for repairs and renovation. For fiscal year 2026, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company gets $500,000 for operations. These grants support the theaters, not direct household payments.

Rosemount Center receives property purchase support

For fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor must award Rosemount Center up to $3 million to buy its leased property. The property is at 2000 Rosemount Avenue NW, and the Center must receive $2 million by December 1, 2025. A further match pays $4 for each private donation dollar raised above $1 million by April 30, 2026. The match is capped at $1 million and is due by May 31, 2026.

Unspent sustainable energy money stays available

Unspent Sustainable Energy Trust Fund money stays in the fund instead of returning to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across fiscal years when an approved budget and financial plan authorize it. This rule does not create direct household payments.

Disability assistance funding can carry over

The Interim Disability Assistance Fund must use its money only for the District’s Interim Disability Assistance program. Amounts identified in section 407(e-1) must go into the fund. Unspent money stays in the fund rather than returning to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across fiscal years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan. This provision does not change who qualifies or benefit amounts.

Health licensing money stays with boards

The Health Occupations Regulation Fund pays for the District’s health-occupation boards and receives health licensing fees and civil fines. Specified Basic Business License fees collected for activities listed in section 4902 go to the Basic Business License Fund instead. Unspent money stays in the health fund rather than returning to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across fiscal years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan. The provision does not set fee or fine amounts.

Downtown housing program reaches more properties

The Housing in Downtown program covers the Central Washington and Near Northwest Area Elements, each extended 1,750 feet in any direction. These extensions must stay within the District. The Mayor can add areas with concentrated commercial office property and high commercial vacancy rates. The provision expands geographic coverage but does not set a household payment.

Funding prioritizes affordable rental housing preservation

In fiscal year 2026, $20 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund supports affordable rental housing preservation, potentially reaching $30 million. The law assigns the next $10 million of qualifying one-time extra revenue to that fund and another $1 million to the Housing Preservation Fund. Those extra allocations require the September 2025 fiscal year 2025 local revenue estimate to exceed the approved budget estimate, and revenue to exceed spending as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. Viable preservation proposals with prior Housing Production Trust Fund commitments receive preference. If qualifying applications cannot support the full preservation allocation by the end of fiscal year 2026’s third quarter, its unobligated balance can serve other authorized Trust Fund purposes.

Homeowner grant fund limits administrative spending

The law creates a Targeted Homeowner Grant Fund for appropriated grant money and program administration. Administration can use no more than 5% of authorized yearly spending. Any year-end balance transfers to the District’s unassigned General Fund, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. The law does not set grant amounts or individual eligibility.

Neighborhood development support targets qualifying areas

Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative projects must be mixed-use or retail real estate developments. They must be in a low-income community or a Retail Priority Area established or approved by the Council. The law defines qualifying projects but does not specify an assistance amount.

Library keeps funds and expands staffing

The DC Public Library's Account and Fund keep unspent balances instead of returning them to the District's unassigned fund balance. Appropriated money remains available across years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan. The Library Fund can also pay temporary and when-actually-employed staff whose work is intended to generate revenue from specified activities.

Business partnership leads District growth efforts

The Washington DC Economic Partnership becomes the main contractor for specified District business-development work. Its duties include helping retain, expand, and attract businesses. It must also market the District as a place to start, operate, and grow businesses. The designation does not state a funding amount or provide a direct household payment.

Funding attracts businesses and fills storefronts

The specified tax-revenue account provides $2.451 million for authorized economic-development grants in fiscal year 2026. It funds Washington DC Economic Partnership grants of $5.14 million in FY2026 and $6.14 million in FY2027. Those partnership grants support retail and business attraction. In FY2026, another $750,000 funds recruitment leads, relocation marketing, and work on business incentives. A separate $750,000 supports storefront and street-level activities to help retail, reduce vacancies, draw visitors, and fill local amenity gaps.

Grants support technology startups and training

The law directs grants to Capital Factory of $500,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $1.5 million for fiscal year 2025. These grants support a District technology incubator. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor may fund organizations helping District entrepreneurs and early-stage technology companies. Grants may also support training District residents for technology jobs. Later grant amounts are not specified.

Prince Hall plaza improvements can receive grants

The Deputy Mayor may grant funds to the Prince Hall charitable educational foundation or its commercial tenant at 1000 U Street, NW. Funds must carry out the cultural destination plan's recommendations for the space and adjacent plaza. The supplied text does not state a grant amount.

Clean energy properties gain tax exemptions

Beginning October 1, 2025, qualifying buildings or grounds get property-tax-exemption treatment for specified energy uses. Covered uses include solar generation, energy storage, solar energy management, and electric-vehicle charging. Solar energy management activities must follow Energy Star guidelines. The law does not state savings or require owners to pass them to households.

DC Central Kitchen gets broader rebates

Beginning May 1, 2025, DC Central Kitchen’s rebate covers qualifying payments under one or more leases with the lessor. Payments can be made directly or indirectly by DC Central Kitchen. The law removes the former $208,000 annual cap and states no replacement cap.

Foundation property gains exemptions and refunds

Beginning September 30, 2025, Lots 37 and 828 in Square 333 receive tax and deed recordation and transfer tax exemptions. This includes improvements and furnishings used for the Prince Hall Free & Accepted Mason and Order of the Eastern Star Charitable Educational Foundation. The property cannot be used exclusively commercially, and existing statutory exemption requirements still apply. The law forgives unpaid fiscal year 2025 Recorder of Deeds taxes and, in fiscal year 2026, unpaid real property taxes for tax years 2022–2025. It also refunds real property tax payments, penalties, and interest for those years; combined forgiveness and refunds cannot exceed $1.284271 million.

Lower assessments for gas and electric companies

The law lowers specified Sustainable Energy Trust Fund assessments on natural gas and electric companies. Gas rates fall from $0.1098 to $0.032668 and from $0.1172 to $0.027088. Electric rates fall from $0.00691 to $0.002056 and from $0.00721 to $0.001666. The supplied text does not identify the periods or categories for each rate. It does not establish whether these savings reach household bills.

Parking enforcement reaches District-managed private property

The specified parking and fraudulent-tag enforcement rule covers vehicles in District public rights-of-way and public spaces. It also covers vehicles parked on private property under District jurisdiction or management.

Set fees for replacement vehicle documents

A duplicate vehicle registration certificate costs $25. A replacement tag costs $15, and a dealer's proof-of-ownership certificate costs $30. Each fee applies to each item issued. The provided text does not give prior fees for comparison.

Annual parking sticker fees for residents

Annual residential parking stickers cost $55 for the first vehicle at a legal mailing address. The second costs $80, the third $115, and the fourth or later vehicle $175 each. Residents age 65 or older pay $35 for their first vehicle. The supplied text does not give the former fees.

Higher vehicle and traffic service fees

The specified vehicle or trailer lien recording or release service costs $15, up from 50 cents. Traffic Act charges rise from $98 to $115 and from $26 to $30; three specified vehicle fees rise from $338 to $350. Revenue Act fees rise from $13 to $15 and from $12 to $15. The fee under D.C. Code § 50-411.13(c) rises from $98 to $100. A separate Traffic Act threshold rises from $5 to $250; the supplied text does not explain that threshold or identify several covered services.

Food assistance subsection repealed for recipients

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals subsection 5084(b) of the Food Stamp Expansion Act of 2009. The supplied text does not explain what benefit or eligibility rule that subsection covered. Its effect on any household's SNAP assistance cannot be determined from this text.

Home electrification help faces new limits

Some Home Electrification Program services and activities now depend on available funding. One service and one Department of Energy and Environment action become optional rather than required. These changes make access less certain for eligible residents. The supplied text does not identify the affected services or their value.

Rapid Re-Housing participants lose guaranteed case management

Case management is no longer required for people eligible for or participating in Rapid Re-Housing. Participants can request it orally or in writing, but the program does not have to provide it. This change does not itself end housing assistance.

Sidewalk vendors face equipment design approval

Sidewalk vending zone managers must submit site plans with cart and table design standards. Managers must review and approve vendors' equipment designs to enforce the approved plan. Vendors in those zones must use designs that meet the plan's standards.

Taxi operators face possible new assessments

The Department of For-Hire Vehicles can levy an assessment on taxicab and public vehicle-for-hire operators. It funds authorized uses of the Public Vehicles-for-Hire Consumer Service Fund. The law sets no assessment amount and does not require riders to pay it. Available year-end fund money moves to the General Fund, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer.

Federal information sharing remains allowed

The District correctional statute does not block cooperation required by federal law. It also does not restrict information sharing covered by section 642 of the federal 1997 appropriations law. This clarification does not create a new duty for individuals.

Public access to justice data narrows

Certain shared justice information is exempt from District public-records disclosure. The exemption covers data courts, federal agencies, or federally established agencies provide to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council or Sentencing Commission. Members of the public cannot obtain that data through the District's Freedom of Information Act.

District repeals senior hunger law

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals the No Senior Hungry Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022. The supplied text does not identify which programs, eligibility rules, or benefits that act established. It therefore does not show the effect on an individual senior household.

Lower percentage in school funding formula

The law lowers a specified percentage in the public school funding formula from 35% to 30%. The supplied text does not identify the dollar change for any school or student. It also does not show how student services change.

Circulator fund loses required sponsorship deposits

Private sponsorship proceeds for DC Circulator vehicles, equipment, and facilities no longer have to enter the Circulator Fund. The supplied text does not name a replacement destination or state how service changes.

District offices face tighter spending limits

Beginning October 1, 2025, agencies cannot use shifted funds to start programs or eliminate Council-specified programs or allocations. An unusual-circumstances exception requires Council approval and a written explanation of the circumstances and need. When the Mayor misses the Council's budget deadline, two offices cannot spend on nonpersonnel services. The restriction covers the Executive Office of the Mayor and Office of the City Administrator until the day after budget submission.

Longer renewable energy rules for providers

The specified period for the District’s renewable energy standard now ends September 30, 2029, rather than September 30, 2028. Electricity providers subject to the standard must follow it for the extended period. The supplied text does not state the effect on household electricity prices.

Lower funding floors for energy programs

The law lowers one Sustainable Energy Trust Fund allocation floor from $7 million to $3.5 million. It removes a $3 million yearly funding floor for assistance provided by the energy department or Sustainable Energy Utility. It also removes a separate $100,000 yearly allocation floor under the Clean and Affordable Energy Act. The supplied text does not identify every funded activity, replacement amounts, or household benefit changes.

Paid leave fund allocation gets capped

Beginning in fiscal year 2030, the District's specified allocation from the Universal Paid Leave Implementation Fund faces a cap. It cannot exceed 15% of the money estimated to enter the fund that year. The cap applies each year afterward. The supplied provision does not identify a change to individual leave eligibility or benefit amounts.

Lower funding cap for downtown housing

The Housing in Downtown program’s funding cap falls from $6.8 million to $5 million. That lowers the maximum by $1.8 million. The supplied text does not show changes to any household’s eligibility or award.

Energy suppliers pay government energy surcharges

The Mayor's Energy Surcharge Fund charges natural gas at $0.077132 per therm in fiscal year 2026 and $0.090112 thereafter. Electricity assessments are $0.004854 per kilowatt-hour in fiscal year 2026 and $0.005544 thereafter. Fuel-oil deliveries to District end-users are assessed $0.059008 per gallon in fiscal year 2026 and $0.064586 thereafter. Money pays only for specified District government energy purchases, including specified wind or solar purchases. Other government energy purchases are capped at $70.101974 million in fiscal year 2026 and $80.601974 million annually in 2027–2029; customer pass-through is not specified.

Higher downtown business district tax cap

The permitted annual increase in the Downtown Business Improvement District tax rises from 3% to 5%. For tax year 2026, the combined increase across September 2025 and March 2026 payments cannot exceed 5% over the previous year. The increase can be divided flexibly between those payments. Properties subject to this tax can face a larger increase, but the actual increase may be lower.

Medical cannabis sellers pay six-percent tax

Medical cannabis sellers pay a 6% tax on gross receipts from sales or charges. In fiscal year 2026, specified proceeds go to the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund. That allocation is capped at the fiscal year 2026 amount certified in the approved fiscal year 2023 budget. Excess proceeds go to the District General Fund. The law does not establish how sellers pass the tax to purchasers.

Per-gallon charges on District oil deliveries

Specified oil deliveries carry an assessment of $0.024992 per gallon in fiscal year 2026. The rate is $0.019414 per gallon in fiscal year 2027 and every year after. The assessment covers deliveries to District end-users for industrial, commercial, or residential use. The supplied text does not establish whether customers pay this charge through higher prices.

Whitman-Walker loses St. Elizabeths rebate law

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals the Whitman-Walker Entities at St. Elizabeths tax rebate law. It removes that rebate’s legal basis. The supplied text does not state the rebate amount, affected tax years, or household effects.

Mayor gains power to acquire specific lot

The Mayor can use eminent domain to acquire Lot 48 in Square 3100 for revitalization or redevelopment. Acquisition must follow the District's condemnation procedures. This authority can affect the owner and others with interests in the lot. The law states no compensation amount.

Vendor amnesty applications and new requirements

Mobile and sidewalk vendors can apply to the Mayor for vending amnesty; the Mayor sets application and approval requirements by rule. At the Mayor's request, the CFO must electronically notify vendors registered with the tax office. Sidewalk vendors must provide their home address when it differs from their business address. Vending zones can have a District employee or private manager, but private managers need a public market manager's license. The supplied text does not identify the debts covered by amnesty or the amount of relief.

Drivers face stronger road safety rules

The law adds road safety protections and tighter rules for drivers in the District. Drivers cannot hold or attempt to hold a phone or similar wireless device. Using or attempting to use one requires a hands-free accessory, including for calls and text messages. Reckless driving also includes driving that knowingly disregards the risk of property damage or injury.

Ongoing background checks with possible annual fees

The law creates the District Rap Back Program and requires police participation in the FBI service. Participating agencies can request subscriptions for covered people in specified care, security, licensing, employment, volunteer, or related roles. Police or an authorized entity fingerprints the person for FBI submission, and police send FBI event notifications to the agency. Police can set an annual subscription fee by rule, charged to the person or a participating agency. The law neither sets a fee amount nor requires a fee.

Police can process fingerprint background checks

Police or an authorized entity may fingerprint people when District or federal rules require or allow a background check. They may send fingerprints to the FBI, receive criminal history results, and share results only with authorized recipients. This permits criminal history sharing while limiting who can receive the results. It does not require everyone to undergo a check.

More schools must refer absent students

The 2024–2025 pilot covered five secondary schools with prior-year truancy above 50%, replacing usual referral requirements for covered minors. For 2025–2026, the Mayor must select at least 10 schools serving grades 6–12 with prior-year truancy above 35%, including those five schools and at least one middle school. Schools must refer students to Human Services within two school days after 15 unexcused full-day absences for ages 14–17, or 10 for ages 10–13; the older-student rule also applied in 2024–2025. For ages 10–13, Human Services must refer cases to child welfare if parents decline services or do not respond within 10 business days after outreach. Police must share requested delinquency information needed for pilot reporting; that information is exempt from public-records disclosure.

Building and environmental safety balances move

Available year-end money in the Green Building and Hazardous Waste and Toxic Chemical Source Reduction funds moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The same rule covers the Indoor Mold Assessment, Lead Service Line Replacement, and Underground Storage Tank Regulation funds. The Chief Financial Officer determines each available balance. General spending gains money instead of these funds retaining it. The provisions state no transfer amounts or direct changes to household eligibility or tank-owner rules.

Commissary fund sends unused money elsewhere

Money from goods sold at District correctional-facility commissaries goes into the Resident Welfare Fund. Money remaining at year-end moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. General spending gains money instead of the welfare fund keeping its unused balance. The provision states no transfer amount or specific service change.

Conservation funds send unused money elsewhere

Urban forest fees and penalties go into the Tree Fund; this provision creates no new fee or penalty. Available year-end balances in that fund and the Pesticide Registration and Product Stewardship funds move to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The same rule covers the Renewable Energy Development, Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, and Solid Waste Diversion funds. The Chief Financial Officer determines the amounts. General spending gains money while dedicated funds lose unused balances; no transfer amounts or household eligibility changes are specified.

Dedicated funds shift into general budgets

The CFO transfers listed dedicated-account amounts to the local fund in FY2026–FY2029 for use under the approved FY2026 budget plan. Examples include Litigation Support transfers of $7.054057 million in FY2026 and $1.054057 million in FY2029. The Individual Insurance Market Affordability and Stability account transfers $5.082 million each year. The Surplus Property Fund pays procurement-office operating costs, while its year-end remainder moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Corporate Recordation Fund becomes a licensing-department special fund, loses its Congress-designated spending limit, and sends year-end balances to that same General Fund balance.

District claim recoveries change fund handling

The Subrogation Fund includes revenue from claims brought by or on behalf of the Chief Risk Officer. This includes claims the officer refers to the Attorney General for prosecution. Remaining year-end money moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. General spending gains money instead of the dedicated fund retaining it. The provision states no amounts or new household payment.

Energy contract fund supports administration, loses leftovers

The law creates a Municipal Aggregation Fund administered by the Mayor. Money collected under the municipal aggregation provision goes into this fund. It can pay only to form and manage the District's municipal aggregation contracts. Any year-end balance moves to the General Fund, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. The law sets no household utility price or participation terms.

Neighborhood commissions gain rides, lose duplication

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions can use their funds for taxi or rideshare transportation expenses. They cannot directly pay for services already performed by the District government. The law does not set a spending amount.

Parks and cultural funds redirect money

The Parks and Recreation Fund receives specified facility fees, concession payments, outside-service payments, development community-benefit payments, and motor-vehicle-related fees. The OCTFME Director administers a special account receiving industry revenue owed under its governing law, for uses that law allows. Available year-end balances in these accounts, the Emancipation Day Fund, and the Historic Landmark-District Protection Fund move to the General Fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines the amounts. These transfers free money for general spending instead of keeping it dedicated; they do not set fee amounts or change park access.

Safety funds face limits and transfers

Beginning September 30, 2026, the Nuisance Abatement Fund cannot hold more than $2 million. Damages from nuisance-abatement cases go into the fund, but money above the cap moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. Available year-end money also moves there from this fund and the Private Security Camera Incentive Fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines year-end amounts. These transfers support general spending rather than keeping balances dedicated; camera incentive eligibility does not change.

Sports revenues face new transfer limits

RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund sports-fee receipts first cover required bond payments and reserves, as determined by the CFO. In FY2026–FY2027, excess first pays ballpark early-redemption borrowing debt service; the remainder goes to the General Fund. In FY2028–FY2029, excess goes to the General Fund. Starting FY2030, excess goes to the RFK Transportation Improvement Fund, capped at $20 million annually; amounts above that go to the General Fund. A separate ballpark rule retains the first $32.92 million excess-revenue amount for FY2026 and removes specified first-dollar amounts for FY2027–FY2028.

Stadium campus fund can secure bonds

The law creates the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund, managed by the Mayor. The Mayor or a designated District body may pledge its money to secure specified bond payments for campus infrastructure and parking. This supports financing but commits pledged money as bond security. Pledges must follow the District's bond documents. The supplied text states no fund amount or direct household liability.

Transit funds shift to general spending

The law closes the DC Circulator Fund and moves its remaining money to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The transfer covers money left on the section’s effective date. Available year-end money in the Vision Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Fund also moves there, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. General spending gains money while dedicated transit and safety balances shrink. Neither provision specifies transfer amounts or a change to Circulator service or safety work.

Unused agency money returns to general budget

The law creates or designates special funds for corrections reimbursement, housing's Unified Fund, transportation initiatives, vehicle inspections, Eastern Market, and veterans affairs. Eastern Market receipts collected by General Services go into its fund; veterans affairs revenue includes specified vehicle fees. Veterans affairs money supports its legally authorized work. Transportation money supports authorized goods, services, property, capital improvements, and Highway Trust Fund payments. All six funds' available year-end balances move to the General Fund, with amounts determined by the Chief Financial Officer.

Unused election funding moves elsewhere

Available year-end money in the Fair Elections Fund moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the amount during year-end closing. Money becomes available for general spending rather than staying reserved for Fair Elections. The provision states no transfer amount or individual eligibility change.

Health funds redirect unused yearly money

The Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund can support Healthy DC and other medical assistance programs run by Health Care Finance. Its available year-end money moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The same transfer rule covers the medical cannabis fund and the Medical Examiner’s pathology and toxicology fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines available balances. These transfers support general spending instead of keeping money dedicated; no benefit amounts, eligibility changes, or transfer amounts are specified.

Health funds support work, then return leftovers

Health planning agency fees and civil fines go into a new fund that pays agency costs first. Extra money can support other Department of Health assessment, planning, and evaluation work. A separate recovery fund repays Medicaid for provider-fraud payments or payments another insurer should cover. Available year-end balances from both funds move to the General Fund, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. These rules do not change Medicaid eligibility.

Property recording revenue changes destination

Specified recording revenue and charges go to the Recorder of Deeds Automation Fund. Covered receipts include costs and charges under D.C. Code sections 47-876 and 47-1340(h). Available year-end money moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. This supports general spending instead of keeping unused money dedicated. The provision does not change the charges themselves.

Reservoir housing tax relief requires affordability

Specified Reservoir District properties receive a 100% property tax exemption for 20 tax years beginning October 1, 2029. The owner must operate 449 homes and reserve one-third of operating rental units for households earning an average of 80% of area median income. At least 35% of construction contract dollars must go to certified business enterprises. The owner must report compliance to the Mayor by September 30 before each exemption tax year. The exemption shrinks proportionally when required homes are not operating.

Unused housing and redevelopment money moves

Unused year-end money in the Housing Authority’s Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The same rule applies to the St. Elizabeths East Campus and Walter Reed redevelopment funds. The Walter Reed rule begins September 1, 2025. The Chief Financial Officer determines available balances during year-end closing. Money becomes available for general spending rather than staying reserved in these funds; no transfer amounts or household benefit changes are specified.

Workforce housing tax relief has income limits

Nonprofit workforce-housing owners can receive a property-tax exemption, but must certify tenant incomes every year. At least 50% of occupied units must serve households at or below 80% of adjusted median income. The remaining occupied units must serve households at or below 120%. Beginning July 1, 2023, each unit's rent cannot exceed the housing authority's rent-reasonableness maximum. The exemption starts October 1 of the tax year when the tax office verifies certification; none is available before October 1, 2019.

Unused education fund money moves

Available year-end balances in the school facility, early childhood educator pay equity, and state athletic activities funds move to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the amounts during year-end closing. This frees money for general spending instead of keeping it in dedicated education funds. These provisions do not specify transfer amounts or direct changes to educator pay or program eligibility.

Unused worker support money moves

Available year-end money in the Jobs Trust Fund moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. Beginning September 1, 2025, the same rule applies to the Wage Theft Prevention Fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines available balances during year-end closing. Money shifts from dedicated worker-related funds to general spending; these provisions create no new worker or employer payment.

Unused vending fund money moves

The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection administers the Vending Regulation Fund as a special fund. Remaining year-end money moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. General spending gains money instead of the vending fund keeping its balance. The provision does not change vending rules or fees.

Business sports fee gets new rules

The law renames the ballpark fee as the sports facilities fee. Each payer’s annual fee uses the preceding tax year’s District gross receipts. Specified $14 million references are replaced with annual bond debt service. Revenue stays in the Ballpark Revenue Fund until all specified bond principal and interest are paid. It then goes to the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund.

Chinatown tax relief carries community duties

Existing office-only properties in Square 485, Lots 3, 30, 42, 43, 44, and 48 can qualify for tax relief. Owners receiving abatements after October 1, 2025, must provide Chinatown cultural-heritage space and a public Asian market throughout the abatement. Before opening the market, owners must consult the Chinatown Revitalization Initiative, ANC 2C, and Wah Luck House residents. Owners must donate at least $300,000 in the first abatement year for the next Chinatown Long-Term Lease Grant program cycle. The law does not state the abatement amount or guarantee approval.

Downtown housing tax dates move back

The law moves Housing in Downtown program tax references from tax year 2025 to tax year 2026. References to periods after 2025 also move to periods after 2026. The supplied text does not identify the underlying tax treatment or its effect on tax bills.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

  • Phil Mendelson

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 33

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Other

Yes: 12 • No: 0

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Other

Yes: 10 • No: 2

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Other

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Other

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Other

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Other

Yes: 7 • No: 4 • Other: 1

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Other

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Final Reading

Yes: 10 • No: 2

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Other

Yes: 5 • No: 7

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Other

Yes: 12 • No: 0

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Other

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Other

Yes: 12 • No: 0

House vote • 7/14/2025

Other

Yes: 7 • No: 5

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Other

Yes: 4 • No: 8

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First Reading, CC

Yes: 12 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Law L26-0055, Effective from Dec 06, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000001

    1/2/2026House

  2. Act A26-0148 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 009825

    9/12/2025House

  3. Transmitted to Congress

    9/10/2025House

  4. Returned from Mayor

    9/5/2025House

  5. Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0148

    9/4/2025House

  6. Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Sep 09, 2025

    8/25/2025House

  7. Legislative Meeting

    7/28/2025House

  8. Legislative Meeting

    7/14/2025House

  9. Committee of the Whole

    7/14/2025House

  10. Committee Mark-up of B26-0265 by the Committee of the Whole

    7/14/2025House

  11. Public Hearing on B26-0265 View Public Hearing Record

    6/18/2025House

  12. Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0265 Published in the District of Columbia Register

    6/6/2025House

  13. Referred to Committee of the Whole

    6/3/2025House

  14. B26-0265 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

    5/27/2025House

  15. Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register

    5/23/2025House

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