District of ColumbiaB26-0340Council Period 26 (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Phil Mendelson (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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186 provisions identified: 96 benefits, 38 costs, 52 mixed.

Transit board members receive new stipends

Eligible principal members of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board receive $20,000 per 12-month period, paid quarterly. Eligible alternates receive $250 for each day they replace a principal member to establish a board quorum. District employees and public officials are not eligible for these stipends.

Tax relief for clean energy property

Beginning October 1, 2025, specified property taxes do not apply to buildings or grounds used for solar power generation, energy storage, or electric vehicle charging. Solar energy management uses also qualify when they follow Energy Star guidelines. Savings depend on the qualifying property's tax bill.

Pay floors and funding for childcare educators

From January 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, facilities receiving Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund money must meet salary floors. Assistant teachers receive at least $51,006 with a Child Development Associate credential, or $54,262 with an associate degree or higher or 60 college-level coursework hours. Lead teacher floors are $51,006, $54,262, $63,838, or $75,103, depending on the listed role and education qualifications. The fund receives about $72.13 million in local funding for fiscal year 2026. The next $1.5 million in qualifying extra one-time revenue also goes to the fund after the childcare subsidy allocation, when fiscal year 2025 revenues exceed budget estimates and spending, with the spending estimate due by November 15, 2025.

Land trust homeowners gain tax breaks

People living on land leased from a community land trust count as owners when applying for the homestead deduction. Transfers to qualifying community land trusts are exempt from transfer and deed recordation taxes. Trust-owned property leased to a qualifying lower-income homeownership household also qualifies for the specified property tax exemption. The text does not state the dollar savings.

Larger lease grants for Chinatown businesses

Eligible Chinatown entities and commercial property owners can compete for long-term lease grants. The maximum award rises from $125,000 to $250,000. Eligible tenant improvements include façade repairs and interior and exterior renovations. Awards are competitive, not guaranteed.

Ward 8 cannabis retailer gets grant

In fiscal year 2025, the Deputy Mayor must award $500,000 to a licensed medical cannabis retailer in Ward 8. The retailer must have operated since January 2019. The grant supports its current business operations.

Adult Alliance enrollment is phased out

Beginning October 1, 2025, people age 26 or older cannot newly enroll in the Healthcare Alliance. Protected new members who enroll during October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026 and turn 26 cannot be exited before September 30, 2026. Beginning October 1, 2026, new enrollment is barred at age 21, and specified members ages 21–26 who joined during that prior year lose continued eligibility. Members turning 21 during October 1, 2025–September 30, 2027 must exit under the law’s birthday transition rules. Beginning October 1, 2027, residents age 21 or older cannot apply or enroll, except under the law’s stated exception.

Adult Alliance income limits drop sharply

For Alliance applicants age 21 or older, the income limit is 210% of the federal poverty level through September 30, 2025. It drops to 133% for October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, then 19% for October 1, 2026–September 30, 2027. Limits are 216% for ages 19–20 and 319% for ages 18 or younger. Applicants must live in the District and provide a Social Security number if assigned and available. Adults 21 or older cannot qualify while eligible for or enrolled in Medicare, CHIP, non-emergency Medicaid, or other qualifying minimum essential coverage; younger applicants face CHIP and non-emergency Medicaid exclusions.

Mayor can take specific redevelopment property

The Mayor can acquire Lot 48 in Square 3100 through eminent domain for revitalization or redevelopment. The Mayor must follow District eminent-domain procedures. The law does not state a compensation amount.

Rapid Re-Housing clients face firm exits

Rapid Re-Housing clients must exit when the Mayor’s service limit ends; that limit cannot be shorter than 12 months. The Mayor may grant extensions through rule-based procedures, but clients must exit when an extension ends. Continuation-of-services protections do not apply to exit notices issued on or after the law’s effective date. Clients with earlier time-limit notices exit at 24 months in the program or September 30, 2025, whichever is later, even during an appeal. The Department Director alone decides whether to consider or grant extension requests based on unavailable funds.

District child tax credit ends

Effective October 1, 2024, the law repeals the District child tax credit. Taxpayers who otherwise qualified can no longer claim this credit. The provided text does not state the credit amount or detailed eligibility rules.

Long-term family cash benefits face cuts

Beginning October 1, 2026, District-funded Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits fall for covered households that include an adult. The cuts apply after the 60-month limit, including nonconsecutive federally and District-funded benefit months after February 28, 1997. Payments fall to 70% of the fiscal year 2026 amount in 2027, 50% in 2028, and 25% in 2029 and later. Exemptions can protect up to 25% of the average monthly District-funded assistance units in the current or prior fiscal year. The related exemption threshold rises from 6% to 25%, but nonexempt households face large cuts.

More legal help for District residents

The law establishes an Access to Justice Initiative supporting civil legal help for low-income and underserved District residents. It includes shared interpreters and lawyer loan repayment; some services are limited to eligible people or groups in covered proceedings. A separate Mayor-run grant program supports legal representation and attorney training for providers serving District residents. Eligible providers are nonprofits, private groups partnering with nonprofits, or private groups using volunteer legal help.

Adult Alliance service cuts get delay

The law provides an October 1, 2026 start date for service limits affecting Healthcare Alliance members age 21 or older. The funding allocation supporting this delay depends on certified excess fiscal year 2025 local revenue. The delay applies to service limits, not the separate income and enrollment restrictions.

Child support receives new assistance exclusions

Beginning October 1, 2025, one TANF rule disregards the full current monthly child-support obligation and voluntary payments received. The support must come from an absent parent or spouse. A separate TANF rule excludes up to the first $200 of qualifying child-support obligations or payments received. These are separate rule changes, not two amounts to add together. The provisions do not state the resulting change to a household’s cash benefit.

District can offer basic health coverage

The District Health Benefit Exchange Authority can establish and operate a Basic Health Program under the Affordable Care Act. Coverage is for District residents who meet the federal program's eligibility requirements. This provision does not set an enrollment start date or funding amount.

Home purchase fund offers financing help

The Home Purchase Assistance Fund can provide loans, down-payment help, interim financing, and other assistance to low- and moderate-income households. The help supports buying or securing a District home used as the recipient’s main residence. Assistance can be combined with other home-assistance programs. District employees must qualify under the Employer-Assisted Housing Program. The fund receives appropriations, grants, gifts, repayments, investment income, liquidation proceeds, and related receipts and fees; individual award amounts are not specified.

Homebuyer aid gets priority and safeguards

The Mayor must prioritize eligible District residents who are low income, elderly, displaced, or have disabilities for homebuyer assistance. Funding must be distributed on a rolling basis as money becomes available, not by lottery or similar random selection. The Mayor cannot use a participant’s loan-to-value ratio or first mortgage amount to decide whether to award funding. These rules do not add funding or guarantee an award.

Homebuyers get longer assistance eligibility windows

Applicants required to complete housing counseling must have at least two years after completion to receive homebuyer assistance. If funding runs out during the fiscal year an eligibility notice is issued, that notice stays valid longer. It must remain valid through at least the end of the next fiscal year with available funding. These longer windows do not guarantee money or an award.

Charter educators receive funded pay increases

For the 2025–2026 school year, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education must pay charter school agencies $30.785832 million. The money must go only toward educator compensation increases paid during that school year. Each agency’s chief executive or school head must sign the required assurance. The law does not specify each educator’s increase.

Direct care workers get pay support

In fiscal year 2026, District payments to direct care providers must support a required worker pay level. That level is the highest of three amounts: 117.6% of the July 1, 2025 living wage, the current minimum wage, or the current living wage. Providers may vary pay by qualified experience and demonstrated skills. Their average payments to workers must still meet the required amount.

Police retirees keep pensions while working

Retired District police officers can work for the Department of Forensic Sciences without jeopardizing their retirement benefits. Both full-time and part-time work qualify. This lets eligible retirees earn employment income while keeping their pensions.

Tipped workers get staged wage increases

The tipped cash wage floor reaches 56% of the regular minimum wage 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. These rates remain subject to the wage law's listed exceptions; actual tips must cover the difference from the regular minimum wage. The amendment also changes a date in the wage provision from January 1, 2023, to May 1, 2023. The law took effect July 25, 2025, and requires tipped-worker and restaurant reports beginning June 1, 2027, then every two years.

Tax refunds for community land trusts

The law requires forgiveness and refunds of taxes covered by the community land trust exemptions. This includes transfer and recordation taxes, penalties, and interest collected since October 1, 2018, on transfers by or to a trust. It also covers specified property taxes, penalties, and interest on property owned of record by a community land trust. That property-tax refund period runs from October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2025. Refunds go to those who paid the covered charges; individual amounts are not stated.

Rhode Island Avenue businesses gain grants

In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor must award at least $350,000 through a competitive Rhode Island Avenue corridor program. Businesses must have fewer than 30 full-time workers and sign or plan a lease lasting at least 10 years, excluding options. They must be District-registered, in good standing with licensing, tax, and employment agencies, and offer activities that build community connections and foot traffic. Grants may cover rent or tenant improvements; eligible property owners cannot own the occupying business and must pass through benefits worth at least their grant. Applicants must document the lease or intent to sign, and recipients must prove continued participation annually.

Vendors gain access to business grants

The Mayor can issue grants to sidewalk and mobile vendors and people seeking vending licenses. Grants can help cover required authorizations, carts, trucks, supplies, and operating costs. Awards must follow the Grant Administration Act. The law sets no award amounts and does not guarantee funding to applicants.

Drivers face tighter phone and safety rules

District drivers cannot use or attempt to use a phone or other wireless device without a hands-free accessory. Holding or attempting to hold the device is also prohibited. The device restriction does not apply when the vehicle is safely stopped off an active roadway. Reckless driving also covers conduct showing conscious disregard of the risk of property damage or injury.

Alliance members face narrower health services

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law authorizes narrower Healthcare Alliance services, subject to the separate adult-delay provision. For members age 21 or older, the Mayor may limit coverage to designated primary care, acute hospital care, emergency transportation, prescriptions, and durable medical equipment. For members under 21, the Mayor may exclude home health, nursing facility care, and inpatient psychiatric hospital care. The Mayor may limit their coverage to designated primary care, dental care, durable medical equipment, and behavioral health services. The Mayor chooses which listed services are covered or excluded.

Cash assistance inflation increases are frozen

Covered cash assistance amounts receive no inflation increases in fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029, or 2030. The law blocks these adjustments for four years. The supplied provision does not give the benefit amounts or adjustment formula.

Families face cash benefit noncompliance cuts

Beginning October 1, 2026, a household's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefit is reduced by 25% when a recipient is found noncompliant. Noncompliance means failing to follow the District's public assistance law or its regulations. The dollar reduction depends on the household's benefit before the cut.

Families lose child wealth building program

The law ends the Child Wealth Building program and repeals its related lottery and income tax rules. Children and families lose access to the program. The provided text does not state the value of lost benefits.

Senior hunger program framework is repealed

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals the No Senior Hungry Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022. This removes that Act’s legal framework for the program. The supplied provision does not identify benefit amounts, eligibility rules, or which services stop.

For-hire operators face impoundment and possible charges

The District can impound any for-hire vehicle lacking a District license, or whose business lacks District operating authority. The vehicle must be seen providing service that starts in or occurs entirely within the District. The Department of For-Hire Vehicles can also assess taxi and other public for-hire operators to fund approved consumer services. The law does not set the assessment amount or say whether passengers pay more.

Longer debris permits bring higher costs

Public-space permits for construction-debris receptacles charge a fee for each month of use. Fees are $75 for month 1, $150 for month 2, and $225 for each of months 3 and 4. Month 5 costs $300. Each month beyond month 5 adds $150.

Tighter play rules for bingo operators

Required bingo and raffle rules ban machines that let players compete against machines instead of people playing onsite. Commercial bingo players must be inside the licensed site, where a live caller calls numbers. Violators face fines up to $50,000 or license suspension or loss. People facing a fine or suspension have hearing rights and can appeal an upheld action to Superior Court.

Commercial bingo businesses pay receipts tax

Commercial bingo businesses pay a 7.5% tax on gross receipts from bingo sales or charges to play. The tax amount depends on the business's receipts. The bill summary also sets a $300 annual commercial bingo endorsement fee.

Downtown businesses face higher tax ceiling

For tax year 2026, the Downtown Business Improvement District can raise its tax by up to 5% over the previous year. The law raises the permitted increase from 3% to 5%, but does not require the full increase. The increase can be split between September 2025 and March 2026 payments. The combined increase cannot exceed 5%.

New vehicle fees and registration deadline

Duplicate registration certificates cost $25, replacement tags cost $15, and dealer ownership certificates cost $30. Specified registration items rise from $13 or $12 to $15. Three weight-based fee tables range from $70–$550, $115–$800, and $85–$750, plus applicable weight increments. Qualifying new electric vehicles pay $40 for their first two registration years, then the applicable Class I or II rate. Vehicles weighing at least 3,500 pounds pay $70 when their weight above 3,499 pounds comes from a qualifying disability accommodation. People covered by D.C. Code § 50-301.29h(a)(5) must complete registration by January 5, 2026.

More truancy referrals for school families

For school year 2025–2026, the Mayor must select at least 10 participating schools by August 13, 2025. They serve grades 6–12, had truancy rates above 35% in 2024–2025, and include a middle school and five prior pilot schools. Schools must refer students ages 14–17 after 15 unexcused full-day absences, and ages 10–13 after 10. Referrals are due within two school days; participating schools are exempt from the existing subsection (c) requirements. Referrals can connect families with services. For ages 10–13, Human Services must refer the student to Child and Family Services if a parent declines services or fails to respond within 10 business days of outreach.

Motor vehicle debt excluded from test

The Clean Hands debt test excludes amounts owed to the Department of Motor Vehicles. You do not exceed its $1,000 threshold when your other qualifying fines, penalties, and interest total $1,000 or less. This change does not describe or remove other Clean Hands requirements.

Movie captioning timing rule restored

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law restores the open movie captioning law's rule for when it applies. The affected section applies when its budget impact is included in an approved budget and financial plan. The supplied text does not give that date or the detailed captioning requirements.

Benefit applicants get ombudsman contact information

The Department of Human Services must prominently share Health Care and Public Benefits Ombudsman Program contact information. Its phone number, email address, and website must appear online, in benefit applications and information materials, and at every service center. This helps residents find assistance with public benefits.

Housing incentive funding for police officers

The law allocates $638,628 for Metropolitan Police Department officer housing incentives, subject to qualifying extra fiscal year 2025 revenue. This includes $459,000 in fiscal year 2027 and $179,628 in fiscal year 2028. The revenue trigger requires revenues above budget estimates and spending, with the Chief Financial Officer's spending estimate due by November 15, 2025. The provision gives no per-officer payment or detailed eligibility rules.

New fund supports targeted homeowner grants

The Mayor manages a special fund for the District's targeted homeowner grants. Administration can use no more than 5% of the fund's authorized yearly spending. Money left at year-end moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The supplied text gives no grant amounts or homeowner eligibility rules.

Rapid Re-Housing case management becomes optional

People eligible for or participating in District Rapid Re-Housing do not have to take part in case management. Participants can request case management orally or in writing. The program may provide it, but participants have no guaranteed right to receive it.

Detained youth gain job training pilot

In fiscal year 2026, Youth Rehabilitation Services must run a one-year pre-apprenticeship grant pilot for youth detained at New Beginnings. Applicants must have a history of providing youth pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship services. Eligible applicants are accredited colleges in good standing, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and past or current Achievement Center apprenticeship providers. Preference goes to District-based or District-serving applicants with a history of District government partnerships. The law sets no grant amount.

District employee compensation gains dedicated fund

The law creates an Employees' Compensation Fund administered by the Mayor. It receives appropriated, transferred, and other legally assigned money. It pays eligible District employee compensation, benefits, and personnel administration expenses. Unspent money stays in the fund across fiscal years, but spending requires an approved budget and financial plan. The law does not set new benefit amounts.

Educator residency sponsorship money stays protected

District public schools cannot move money approved for educators’ permanent-residency sponsorship services to other uses. This protects money set aside for those services.

Internationally trained health workers gain guidance

Beginning October 1, 2025, the Health Department runs a licensing pathways program for internationally trained health professionals. It helps professionals seeking credentials to practice in the District. Services include application guidance, exam and training information, and help accessing language support and exam preparation.

Released youth gain reentry support pilot

In fiscal year 2026, Youth Rehabilitation Services must run a one-year grant pilot for youth leaving its secure facilities. Grants fund aftercare and case management, including possible housing help, job training, school reenrollment, and mentoring. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, Neighborhood Family Success Centers, and Youth Rehabilitation Services or Child and Family Services grantees from the prior five years. Projects must coordinate discharge and reentry plans with the department. Preference goes to District-based or District-serving applicants with District partnership experience; no grant amount is set.

Workers get clearer wage statement details

Beginning January 1, 2026, covered District employers must list compensation sources beyond base wages and tips on employee wage statements. These include bonuses, sales commissions, pay calculated from service charges, and other compensation sources. The requirement gives workers more information but does not change the pay owed.

Shoppers keep lower sales tax longer

The District's general sales tax stays at 6.0% before October 1, 2026. The law delays the 6.5% rate previously scheduled for October 1, 2025. During that one-year delay, shoppers save $5 for every $1,000 in purchases subject to this rate.

Businesses can seek license penalty waivers

The Department can waive late fees and penalties when businesses seek to reinstate lapsed or expired District licenses. Waivers must follow rules issued by the Director. A waiver is not guaranteed, and the provision gives no dollar amount.

Construction-hit Southeast businesses gain grant support

In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor must award $150,000 in total grants to construction-affected businesses. Covered areas include near Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Potomac Avenue SE. They also include 8th Street SE between Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Virginia Avenue SE. The law does not set individual award amounts or a distribution formula.

Higher threshold for business license rules

The law raises a business-license fee or penalty threshold from more than $100 to more than $1,000. The supplied text does not explain the underlying charge or calculation. It therefore does not establish how much an individual business saves.

Local vendors get backup zone oversight

An unpaid committee oversees the Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant vending zone when the Mayor does not contract with a zone manager. It has up to three members: one serving ANC 1A commissioner and two Council-appointed representatives. Members help with site planning, agency advice, vendor outreach, and monthly Council reports. The committee rule expires two years after the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Act's effective date.

Vending site managers cannot issue citations

Licensing department employees serving as vending zone site managers cannot issue notices of vending violations. The rule limits those managers’ authority. It does not end the existing violation process.

Vendors can apply for amnesty

The law allows applications to the Mayor for the sidewalk vending amnesty program. The Mayor must set application and approval requirements through rules. At the Mayor's request, the Chief Financial Officer must electronically notify registered mobile and sidewalk vendors. The supplied text does not identify the debts or penalties covered by amnesty.

Arts commission gains higher funding limit

The law raises one limit on the Arts and Humanities Commission's use or allocation of funds from 30% to 40%. The new limit allows a larger share under that provision, but still caps it at 40%. The provided text does not identify the funding base or resulting dollar amount.

Asian and Pacific Islander office gains flexibility

The Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs gains more authority for one activity covered by its founding law. That activity no longer must be conducted in accordance with an act of Congress. The provision does not establish a new service or funding amount.

District can add digital wayfinding kiosks

The Mayor can contract for interactive wayfinding kiosks in commercial districts and other locations where installation is legally allowed. The agreement must give the District a share of commercial digital advertising revenue. The contract must follow applicable laws and regulations. The law does not require a specific number of kiosks.

District creates accessible public restroom program

Public works establishes a public restroom program and can contract for facilities. Facilities must meet disability-access standards, have running water, be movable, and support remote monitoring and programmable hours. With funding, initial placements must be near six listed locations and within four listed parks or areas. Contractors must provide 24-hour maintenance and monthly usage and condition reports. New locations must first prioritize sites identified in the required report.

District DNA testing gains conditional funding

Beginning September 1, 2025, the next $3.5 million of qualifying extra one-time revenue supports in-house DNA testing. The Department of Forensic Sciences receives it for fiscal year 2026. Fiscal year 2025 local revenue certified in September must exceed the approved budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025.

District funds sweeping and neighborhood cleaning

Fiscal year 2026 directs $5.903293 million from the Enterprise Fund to public works for stormwater management, including street sweeping. This applies even to previously started work or work already required by law. A new Clean City Office has a full-time coordinator for quarterly cleanliness reviews, litter prevention, and rodent control coordination. When funding is available, cleaning grants must favor existing Clean Teams and prioritize major roads, commercial corridors, and mixed-use neighborhoods. Grants cannot replace work by public works staff.

District tennis center transfer triggers improvements

The Council authorizes transferring the specified Rock Creek Tennis Center property from the National Park Service to the District. The property includes the center and related facilities within U.S. Reservation 339. After that transfer, or another Council-approved transfer covering the property, the parks department must begin a capital project. Improvements must bring the existing center into compliance with ATP Tour and WTA Tour event standards.

Fingerprint checks gain authority and privacy safeguards

District police or approved entities can process FBI fingerprint checks when District or federal law allows or requires them. Results can go only to authorized recipients. Agencies can use Rap Back alerts only for listed care, security, licensing, credential, employment, or volunteer eligibility decisions. They cannot share those alerts further. The law creates no general fingerprinting requirement.

Grants support historic African American burial grounds

When funding is available, the Office of Planning must offer grants for qualifying historic African American burial grounds. Grants support preservation, restoration, interpretation, returning human remains, and related research and documentation. Sites must have been established in the District before January 1, 1955, for African American burials. Sites must be owned by a public body or qualifying charity; work on private property requires the owner's written consent. Recipients must be 501(c)(3) charities meeting the law's purpose requirement.

Libraries keep funds and expand staffing uses

Unspent money in the Public Library Account or Fund stays there at the end of each fiscal year. Approved money remains available across years, subject to an approved budget and financial plan. The Library Fund can also pay temporary and when-actually-employed workers for the revenue-generating activities named in the law.

Lobbyist fees stay dedicated to oversight

Specified lobbyist fees collected by the ethics board go to the Lobbyist Administration and Enforcement Fund. The money can be used only to administer and enforce lobbyist rules. Unspent money stays in the fund, and later-year spending requires an approved budget and financial plan. The provision does not change fee amounts.

Mayor oversees grants for community services

The Mayor can award grants to people and organizations serving District residents. Grants can support cultural affairs, community relations, and community partnerships. They must follow the Grant Administration Act. The Mayor must centrally review and approve grants under the listed community-affairs laws.

Minimum funding for public safety grants

In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice must award at least $750,000 in program grants. This is a minimum for total awards, not for each recipient. The law does not say how the money is divided.

Public safety grants cover more groups

Nonprofit voluntary business associations can qualify for the specified public safety grants. Grant money can pay staff salaries and fringe benefits. Special police officer salaries and benefits require specific approval from the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice.

River cleanup fund keeps dedicated revenue

The Department of Energy and Environment manages the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Fund. It receives carryout bag fees sent to the tax office and net proceeds from Anacostia River and Protect Local Wildlife plates. Net proceeds from the voluntary tax check-off also go to the fund. Unspent money stays in the fund; later-year spending requires an approved budget and financial plan.

Sound rule repeal gets conditional funding

Beginning September 1, 2025, qualifying additional fiscal year 2025 revenue funds the stated repeal of an amplified-sound mitigation provision. Allocations are $608,000 in fiscal year 2026, $419,874 in 2027, $428,561 in 2028, and $437,429 in 2029. The total is $1.893863 million. The provided text does not explain how the repeal changes household costs or noise protections.

Health department takes lead and home-hazard duties

The Department of Health handles medical waste, low-level radioactive waste, and indoor air and pest hazards in homes. It must also run a program to prevent childhood lead exposure. Related lead-prevention and medical-waste duties move from the Department of Energy and Environment.

Behavioral health provision extends through 2026

The law extends a behavioral health provision to cover fiscal years 2025 and 2026, rather than 2025 alone. The supplied provision does not identify the underlying services or set new benefit amounts or eligibility rules.

Benefits advocates join ombudsman oversight body

The Ombudsman Program’s oversight body includes legal service providers, with at least one organization focused on public benefits. Representatives from Human Services and Health Care Finance also join. This changes oversight, not household benefit amounts or eligibility.

Extra revenue supports family childcare subsidies

For fiscal year 2026, the first qualifying extra one-time revenue, up to $5.5 million, goes to the Childcare Subsidy Program. Fiscal year 2025 local revenue certified in the September 2025 estimate must exceed the approved budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The allocation does not specify new household eligibility rules or individual subsidy amounts.

Funding raises Medicaid personal needs allowance

The law allocates $500,000 annually in fiscal years 2026–2029 to raise the Medicaid personal needs allowance. Funding requires qualifying extra fiscal year 2025 revenue above budget estimates and spending, with the spending estimate due by November 15, 2025. The funding period ends September 30, 2029. The provision does not state the new allowance or each recipient's increase.

Funding supports substance use outreach services

By October 31, 2025, the Department of Behavioral Health must award $1.75 million in substance use and behavioral health outreach grants. Awards include $800,000 for an experienced 501(c)(3) harm-reduction nonprofit funded under the 2023 outreach law, and $200,000 near King Greenleaf Recreation Center. Another $750,000 supports outreach in specified Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, Georgia Avenue, and U Street areas. Fiscal year 2026 Opioid Abatement Fund allocations total $2.107 million, including funding for the specified $800,000 outreach grant. The remaining allocations are $400,000 for illicit drug testing and new opioid testing methods, and $907,000 for specified behavioral health activities.

Grant supports furniture for low-income households

The Department of Human Services must give A Wider Circle a $250,000 grant in fiscal year 2026. The grant supports furniture and home goods for low-income individuals and families. It does not set a household benefit amount or guarantee that any particular household receives goods.

Long-term care gets dedicated District coordinator

The law creates a full-time long-term care coordinator within the Deputy Mayor's health and human services office. By January 1, 2026, the coordinator must coordinate Age-Friendly DC, track care services, and develop a care-workforce strategy. The coordinator must also identify agency contacts, reduce duplicated work, and align agency efforts. This creates no direct household payment or eligibility change.

New rule authority supports lead-poisoning care

The Mayor may issue rules supporting health care providers who treat children with lead poisoning. The law does not set provider payments, a household benefit, or a start date for those rules.

Opioid advisory panel gets new structure

The Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission has 15 members, including specified officials, qualified appointees, and representatives of four District organizations. Appointed members serve three-year terms. The Chair or Co-Chairs serve two-year terms, with no more than two consecutive terms. The commission must regularly engage specified District agencies and can form expert-led subcommittees.

School mental health providers receive grants

Fiscal year 2026 school behavioral health grants total at least $16.32 million, with at least $120,000 per school-based clinician. Community organizations that provided these services in school year 2023–2024 or 2024–2025 receive priority. The Department cannot reserve grant money for supervision or bar grant materials from children's general or specialized therapy. It cannot require more than $15,000 in total billing before disbursement or reduce grants based on insurance claims billed or paid. Grants go to service organizations, not directly to families.

Funding helps preserve affordable rental homes

In fiscal year 2026, the Mayor must use $20 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund to preserve affordable rentals. Specified added funding can bring the total to $30 million. Projects with earlier fund commitments receive preference. If too few applications meet published eligibility and underwriting standards by the third quarter's end, uncommitted money can support other authorized fund uses.

Charter schools gain conditional lead testing

Beginning September 1, 2025, the law assigns the next $1 million of qualifying extra one-time revenue to charter-school lead-pipe testing. The Public Charter School Board receives the money for fiscal year 2026. Fiscal year 2025 local revenue certified in September must exceed the approved budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025.

Employer grants support returning citizen jobs

The Office on Ex-Offender Affairs can run a program supporting returning citizens' employment through grants to employers. The law calls it a program rather than a pilot. It does not set grant amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

High school students gain nurse training

By August 30, 2026, the education office must provide $150,000 in one-time funding to a local university. The university must already partner with the office on certified nurse aide training. The money supports summer training and supervision for at least 25 District high school students to become certified nurse aides.

More screening for youth program workers

The Department of Employment Services can check criminal and traffic records for covered youth employment program workers. Covered workers include employees and volunteers of participating host employers or grantees. They must have direct contact with participating youth or unsupervised access to them. These workers are covered as child or youth services providers under the background-check law.

New grants support District history education

In fiscal year 2026, Events DC must give at least $350,000 to a District nonprofit for history education. Its work must cover the District’s role in the fight for freedom and democracy across all eight wards. Events DC must also give at least $250,000 to a nonprofit occupying space in the Carnegie Library. That nonprofit must collect, explain, and share District history. The library grant is added to other Events DC history grants.

Targeted schools gain extra learning funds

In fiscal year 2026, St. Coletta Special Education Public Charter School gets an extra $1.2 million beyond its per-student funding. The Public Charter School Board must transfer it by November 1, 2025; the school must report spending quarterly. The education office must also give Live It Learn It $500,000 by November 1, 2025. That grant creates small grants and support for hands-on learning at high-need schools.

Cherry Blossom Festival gets matching support

Events DC must award an eligible nonprofit $2 for each dollar of corporate donations raised by April 30, 2026. The matching grant is capped at $1.5 million. The nonprofit must produce events for the official month-long 2026 National Cherry Blossom Festival. The law transfers $1.5 million from the Non-Departmental Account to Events DC in fiscal year 2026. This grant is added to other Events DC festival grants.

District restores 911 and 311 funds

On October 1, 2025, the District transfers $300,000 from unassigned General Fund money to the 911 and 311 Assessments Fund. This reverses transfers made in fiscal years 2023 and 2024. The law also removes the recurring $150,000 transfer from the designated transfer table. It does not specify how the restored money is spent.

Electric companies get longer renewable period

The applicable renewable energy standard period for electric companies now ends September 30, 2029, instead of September 30, 2028. This extends the period by one year. The provision does not establish a household bill change.

Grants support museum and cultural destination

The Deputy Mayor can grant funds to the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation. Grants support redeveloping and operating the museum at 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW. Grants can also support the Prince Hall charitable educational foundation or its commercial tenant at 1000 U Street, NW. That support implements the approved Shaw/U Street cultural destination plan for the space and adjacent plaza. Neither grant authority sets an amount or award date.

Human services grantees get payment deadlines

New deadlines apply when grantees sign after October 1, 2026, and grants use only local operating funds. The Department of Human Services must be the sole grantor. It must send the agreement for review and signature within 30 days after the service term starts. Initial payment is due within 30 days after the later of that start or the department receiving the signed agreement.

Rosemount Center gets property purchase support

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

Sports fees fund campus and transportation

The law creates a Mayor-run RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund for campus infrastructure, parking-facility bond payments, and reserves. Sports facilities fee receipts enter only after principal and interest on specified ballpark bonds are paid. After debt and reserve needs, excess first pays ballpark early-redemption borrowing in fiscal years 2026–2027; remaining money can enter the General Fund. Excess goes to the General Fund in fiscal years 2028–2029. From fiscal year 2030, up to $20 million yearly goes to the RFK Transportation Improvement Fund; amounts above that go to the General Fund.

Three District theaters receive targeted grants

In fiscal year 2025, the arts commission must give the National Theatre $4 million for acquisition and repairs. The Howard Theatre must receive $500,000 for renovation-related debt payments and operating costs. The Lincoln Theatre must receive $285,000 for repairs and renovation. These grants go to theaters, not directly to households.

Two theater companies receive operating support

In fiscal year 2026, the arts commission must give Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company $500,000 for operating costs. GALA Hispanic Theatre must receive $450,000 by December 31, 2025, for capital repairs, renovation, and operations. GALA can receive another $50,000 through a dollar-for-dollar match of non-government donations. Donations must be raised during the specified quarterly periods from August 2025 through September 2026. GALA must submit a notarized, itemized donation list; matching payments follow the applicable lump-sum deadlines.

Disability assistance funds stay available longer

Money in the Interim Disability Assistance Fund can only support that program. Unspent deposits do not return to the General Fund at year-end. Appropriated money stays available across fiscal years when authorized in an approved budget and financial plan. The law does not change individual benefit amounts or eligibility.

Recovered money repays Medicaid program costs

A special fund receives money recovered under the District's Medicaid provider fraud law. It repays Medicaid for payments based on provider fraud or costs a third-party insurer should have paid. Money remaining at year-end moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. This provision does not change Medicaid eligibility or benefits.

Appraisal education fund retains fees and penalties

Appraisal education fees set by the Mayor go to the District’s Appraisal Education Fund. Civil penalties imposed by the Board or the Office of Administrative Hearings also go there. Unspent money stays in the fund. Spending approved money across years requires an approved budget and financial plan.

Downtown housing program covers more areas

The Housing in Downtown Program covers the Central Washington and Near Northwest planning areas, each extended 1,750 feet in any direction. The extensions stay within the District. The Mayor may add areas with concentrated commercial office property and high commercial vacancy rates. The change expands the program’s geographic reach without setting a household benefit amount.

Extra rental aid depends on revenue

The law directs the next $2.950715 million in qualifying extra one-time revenue to emergency rental assistance for fiscal year 2026. September 2025 certified local revenue must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. This funding provision does not set household eligibility or aid amounts.

Extra revenue supports housing preservation

For fiscal year 2026, the law directs qualifying extra one-time revenue to two housing preservation funds. Separate allocations provide the next $1 million to the Housing Preservation Fund and the next $10 million to the Housing Production Trust Fund. September 2025 certified local revenue must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. These provisions do not name household recipients or set rent savings.

Parkside properties receive long-term tax relief

Starting October 1, 2029, Parkside Lots 866 and 868 in Square 5056 qualify for property-tax relief for 30 tax years. Each lot must receive a final certificate of occupancy by September 30, 2029. Relief equals the property tax owed, capped at $300,000 per lot each year.

Reservoir housing earns property tax relief

Starting October 1, 2029, Reservoir District Lots 809, 810, 814, and 815 in Square 3128 receive a 100% property-tax exemption for 20 tax years. The owner must operate 449 homes, with one-third of operating rentals affordable to households earning an average of 80% of area median income. A District agreement must require certified businesses to receive at least 35% of construction contract dollars. The owner must report compliance by September 30 before each tax year. The exemption shrinks in proportion when fewer than 449 required homes operate.

Charter schools get scheduled facility funding

In fiscal years 2027 and 2028, charter school facility allowances are $3,850 per pupil for nonresidential facilities and $10,396 for residential facilities. In fiscal year 2029, those rates are $4,219 and $11,393. Beginning in fiscal year 2030, each rate rises 3.1% annually. Payments use each school's estimated student count and go to schools, not families.

District names lead business growth contractor

The Washington DC Economic Partnership becomes the District's primary contractor for promoting economic growth and business opportunities. Its work includes helping retain, expand, and attract businesses. It also markets the District as a place to start, operate, and grow businesses. The law specifies no funding amount or direct household payment.

Technology businesses and training gain grants

The law directs Capital Factory grants of $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1.5 million in fiscal year 2025. These grants support a District technology incubator. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor can fund organizations helping early-stage technology companies in the District. Grants can also support organizations training District residents for technology jobs. Later grants are discretionary, with no set amounts.

DC Central Kitchen rebate cap ends

Beginning May 1, 2025, DC Central Kitchen can count qualifying payments under one or more leases toward its rebate. The payments must be made directly or indirectly by DC Central Kitchen. The law removes the former $208,000 annual rebate cap. The provided text states no rebate rate or replacement cap.

Prince Hall foundation receives tax relief

Starting September 30, 2025, Prince Hall Foundation Lots 37 and 828 in Square 333 receive specified tax exemptions. The exemptions cover improvements, furnishings, and deed recordation and transfer taxes while held by the Foundation or a qualifying successor. The property must serve Foundation purposes, cannot be exclusively commercial, and remains subject to the cited property-tax limits. In fiscal year 2025, specified unpaid Recorder of Deeds taxes are forgiven. In fiscal year 2026, real property taxes for tax years 2022–2025 are forgiven or refunded, including penalties and interest, with combined relief for those years capped at $1.284271 million.

Drivers face higher fees and fines

Recording or releasing a vehicle or trailer title lien costs $15 instead of 50 cents per transaction. Specified traffic charges rise from $98 to $115, $26 to $30, $338 to $350, and another $98 fee to $100. A referenced minimum fine rises from $5 to $250. Annual residential parking permits cost $55 for the first vehicle, $80 for the second, $115 for the third, and $175 for each additional vehicle per mailing address. Residents age 65 or older pay $35 for the first vehicle.

Less guaranteed help for home electrification

Some Home Electrification Program services are required only when funding is available. Another service becomes optional. The Department of Energy and Environment also gains discretion over an action previously required. The supplied text does not identify these services or state a funding amount.

Public access to justice records narrows

Certain information sent to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council or District Sentencing Commission is exempt from public records disclosure. The exemption covers information supplied by courts, federal agencies, or federally established agencies. People cannot obtain those records through the District's public records law.

Alliance applicants need two residency documents

People applying for or keeping Healthcare Alliance coverage must provide at least two accepted documents proving District residency. Documents must be in the applicant’s name and come from the listed housing, utility, identification, employment, tax, or public-school records. The Department may consider exceptions for homelessness, domestic violence, or a noncustodial parent withholding documents. It may also approve other exceptional cases individually.

Limited-equity cooperatives lose tax assistance

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law ends the property tax assistance framework created for limited-equity cooperatives in 2022. The provided text does not state the assistance amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

For-hire carriers face January compliance deadline

The existing requirement for covered carrier-for-hire operators applies no later than January 1, 2026. The supplied text does not explain the requirement in D.C. Code § 50-301.29k(a)(1) or give compliance costs.

New oversight and disclosures for vendors

Sidewalk vending zones can be managed by a District employee or a private group with a Mayor-approved contract or agreement. Managers must submit and enforce a site plan, approve cart and table designs, and hold a public market manager's license. Vendors must also provide their home address when it differs from their business address.

Fathers, men, and boys commission law repealed

The law repeals the act establishing the Commission on Fathers, Men, and Boys. This removes the commission's legal basis. The provision does not name a replacement program.

Vehicle enforcement expands, traffic rules get dates

Specified fraudulent-tag and parking enforcement covers vehicles on District public rights-of-way, public space, and District-managed or controlled private property. Vehicles must also satisfy the enforcement conditions in D.C. Code § 50-2452(a)(2). Sections 3, 4(d) and (f), 5, and 6 of the Strengthening Traffic Enforcement law apply January 1, 2027. Its section 9a(b) applies when its fiscal effect enters an approved budget and financial plan. The supplied text does not describe those underlying traffic rules.

Paid leave fund amount faces cap

Beginning in fiscal year 2030, a specified amount associated with the Universal Paid Leave Fund faces a 15% ceiling. The ceiling is based on money estimated to enter the fund that year and applies each year afterward. The supplied text does not identify that amount's purpose or establish a direct cut to worker benefits or eligibility.

Community schools lose year-end fund carryover

Money still available in the Community Schools Fund at fiscal year-end moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the amount during the year-end close. The fund cannot carry that balance forward for community schools.

Unused apprenticeship fines leave program funding

Apprenticeship fines left unspent for their approved program purpose at fiscal year-end move to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the unspent amount during the year-end close.

Covered annual fee rises to $500

The annual fee under District Code section 25-508 rises from $200 to $500. Each covered payer owes $300 more per year. The provided text does not identify who must pay this fee.

Late mayoral budgets trigger spending freeze

When the Mayor misses the Council’s annual budget deadline, two executive offices cannot spend money on nonpersonnel services. The restriction covers the Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the City Administrator. It ends the day after the Mayor submits the budget.

Lower cap for downtown housing program

The law lowers the Housing in Downtown Program's stated maximum from $6.8 million to $5 million. This cuts the cap by $1.8 million. The provision does not state how the lower cap affects individual households or participants.

New fees for residential building conversions

Covered building conversions pay a permit fee of $0.03 per cubic foot of construction. The fee applies when nonresidential buildings change to Residential Group R-2 under the construction codes. The law also sets a green building fee of $0.002 per square foot of construction.

Unused homebuyer funds return to general budget

At fiscal year-end, the Chief Financial Officer transfers remaining available Home Purchase Assistance Fund money to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. That money does not stay in the homebuyer fund. The law specifies no transfer amount or change to individual eligibility or award amounts.

Less funding for farmers market support

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law cuts a specified farmers market support amount from $250,000 to $140,000. That is a $110,000 reduction. The supplied text does not identify recipients or explain the effect on individual markets.

Energy companies face revised fuel assessments

The law sets natural-gas assessment rates of $0.032668 and $0.027088 per therm, and electricity rates of $0.002056 and $0.001666 per kilowatt-hour. The supplied text does not identify the periods for each gas and electricity rate. Heating- and fuel-oil assessments are $0.024992 per gallon in fiscal year 2026, then $0.019414 beginning in 2027. These assessments fund the Sustainable Energy Trust Fund, which also receives regional greenhouse-gas credit proceeds and specified Green Building Fund transfers. Household bill effects depend on whether companies pass on the costs; Green Building Fund transfers are restricted to the specified statutory purpose.

Lodging providers owe extra receipts tax

Lodging providers owe an additional 1.0% tax on qualifying transient room and lodging receipts. The tax applies to charges from April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2027. It is separate from the other specified taxes. The law does not establish how much providers pass on to guests.

Medical cannabis sellers pay receipts tax

Medical cannabis sellers pay a 6% tax on gross receipts from sales or charges in the District. Any effect on customer prices depends on how much sellers pass on. In fiscal year 2026, proceeds go to the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund up to the fiscal year 2026 amount certified in the approved fiscal year 2023 budget. Proceeds above that amount go to the General Fund.

Whitman-Walker entities lose tax rebate framework

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals the tax rebate framework for covered Whitman-Walker entities at St. Elizabeths. The provided text does not state the rebate amount. It also does not establish a direct effect on patient costs or household benefits.

Background check updates may carry fees

The District creates Rap Back, which lets participating agencies receive FBI criminal-history updates after fingerprint checks. Covered checks involve listed care, security, licensing, employment, volunteer, and related screening purposes. An agency must request the subscription, and District police must pass along FBI notification events. Police can set a subscription fee by rule, charged to the covered person or agency, including annually. The law sets no fee amount and does not establish that fees are already being charged.

Collections provision waits for budget authorization

Section 2(d) of the CLEAN Collections Amendment Act of 2024 applies when its fiscal effect enters an approved budget and financial plan. The supplied text gives no calendar date and does not explain the underlying collections rule.

Land trust homes get valuation rules

The law sets a land assessment formula for resale-restricted homes on land owned and leased by a community land trust. Assessed land value equals average annual ground rent over the lease, including renewals, divided by 10%, plus extra consideration paid. The result cannot exceed the fair market value of the transferred property interest. This formula can raise or lower the assessment depending on the property’s figures.

District employee personnel rule is repealed

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals section 1204a(b) of the District's merit personnel law. The supplied text does not describe that rule. It therefore does not establish which employees are affected or how pay, benefits, or working conditions change.

School privacy exemption limits public disclosure

The District’s public-records law does not require release of school information exempt under D.C. Code § 38-208(e)(3). This protects covered records from required disclosure but limits public access to them.

Alcohol retailers gain bingo with costs

Beginning October 1, 2025, eligible on-premises alcohol retailers can offer commercial bingo with two required approvals. They need a Board bingo endorsement and an Office of Lottery and Gaming license. Eligible license classes are C/R, D/R, C/T, D/T, C/H, D/H, C/X, D/X, C/RB, D/RB, C/N, and D/N. The endorsement costs $300 annually, and the law imposes a 7.5% tax on bingo gross receipts or charges to play. The gaming office can license only on-premises alcohol retailers and cannot issue these licenses before October 1, 2025.

Authorized betting allowed, skill retailers need endorsements

Authorized sports betting is exempt from the general ban as of May 3, 2019. Authorized skill games are exempt as of April 27, 2021. These exceptions cover only activities allowed under the referenced District laws. Retailers seeking the specified skill-machine qualification must hold both a retailer’s license and a game-of-skill machine endorsement.

Corrections sharing rules preserve federal exceptions

The District corrections rule does not block cooperation required by federal law. It also does not restrict information sharing covered by 8 U.S.C. § 1373. This clarification does not itself require additional cooperation or sharing beyond the stated federal-law circumstances.

Election changes start when budget includes costs

Specified parts of the Ranked Choice Voting and Open the Primary Elections to Independent Voters law depend on budget funding. Sections 2(b)(1) and (d) apply when their fiscal effect enters an approved budget and financial plan. The Chief Financial Officer certifies that date. Publishing the notice does not change the start date; no calendar date is supplied.

Jail welfare fund receives sales, loses carryover

Proceeds from commissary sales at District correctional facilities go to the Resident Welfare Fund. Any money left in the fund at year-end moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The text does not specify which resident services receive funding.

Neighborhood commissions gain options, face spending limits

Authorized Advisory Neighborhood Commission officers can use electronic records and signatures. Commissions can pay for taxi and rideshare transportation. They cannot directly pay for services the District government already performs.

Public activity zones get applicability clarification

The Public Life and Activity Zones law identifies amendatory section 202(e)(1) as the provision covered by section 3(b)’s applicability rule. The supplied text gives no start date or details about the underlying rule.

Two waste-law provisions repealed in October

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals section 112e of the Sustainable Solid Waste Management law. It also repeals section 2(b)(2) of the Zero Waste Omnibus law on that date. The supplied text does not describe either provision, so effects on waste services, practices, and household costs are unclear.

Youth recidivism law narrows applicability language

The Recidivism Reduction at DYRS law’s applicability language now names only section 2, rather than sections 2 through 5. The supplied text does not explain those sections or give a calendar start date.

Safer tattoos, new rules for shops

Body art shops and artists must hold valid licenses and meet health, sanitation, sterilization, and safety standards. The Department of Health must set licensing and registration rules and fees. Body art violations can bring misdemeanor penalties: up to $2,500, three months in jail, or both. Tattoo shops must post FDA-approval and pigment-risk disclosures and keep pigment, supplier, manufacturer, and recall records covering three years. Customers can request that information. Shops must use regularly calibrated autoclaves for reusable equipment and single-use sharps, pigments, gloves, and cleansing products under health rules. Tattoo safety violations can bring license suspension or revocation and fines up to $2,500.

Birth-to-Three funding conditions cover fewer rules

The law narrows which Birth-to-Three rules remain tied to the fiscal-effect condition. Only section 106(b)(2) remains listed. Sections 102(g)(3), (4), and (5), and section 104 are removed. The supplied text does not explain those sections, so specific changes to family services or costs are not established.

Bedbug control law is repealed

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals the Bedbug Control Act of 2022. The supplied provision does not describe that Act’s requirements. It therefore does not establish which resident protections or property-owner duties change.

Reading support grows with teacher requirements

The State Education Office must support early literacy programs when funding is available; support may include grants. Local education agencies must require teachers to complete approved structured literacy training or show competency. Grade deadlines are kindergarten in 2026–2027, grade 1 in 2027–2028, grade 2 in 2028–2029, and grade 3 in 2029–2030. Each teacher's deadline is the later of the grade deadline or one year after hire. The law sets no total funding amount.

School funding rates and threshold change

Fiscal year 2026 public and charter school funding has a $15,070 foundation amount per student. Grade allocations are $20,194 for pre-K3; $19,591 for pre-K4 and kindergarten; $15,070 for grades 1–5; $16,276 for grades 6–8; and $18,385 for grades 9–12. Adult students receive a $15,070 allocation, alternative programs $23,811, and special education schools $17,632. Added funding applies for listed special education, English learner, at-risk, residential placement, and extended-school-year needs. A separate school funding threshold falls from 35% to 30%; the supplied text does not show which schools gain or lose money.

Temporary truancy pilot law is repealed

The law repeals the Pilot Truancy Reduction Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. The supplied text does not explain the repealed services or requirements, so the effects on students and families are unclear.

Truancy pilot adds referrals and reporting

For the 2024–2025 school-year pilot, the Mayor must select five secondary schools with prior-year truancy rates above 50%. Selected schools must refer students ages 14–17 to Human Services within two school days after 15 unexcused full-day absences. For those students, pilot schools are exempt from the specified regular referral requirements. Police must provide requested student delinquency information needed for truancy-pilot reports. Agencies may agree on safeguards, and shared information is exempt from District public-record disclosure requirements.

Alcohol fees support agency, fines support treasury

Alcohol licensing and permit fees go to the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration Fund for agency operations. Chapter 8 penalties and fines go to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. Unspent agency fund money stays in the fund at year-end. Spending approved money across fiscal years requires authorization in an approved budget and financial plan.

Civic fund leftovers return to general budget

Available year-end balances in the Corporate Recordation, Emancipation Day, Fair Elections, and Historic Landmark-District Protection funds transfer to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the available amounts. Corporate Recordation is a special fund run by the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. The OCTFME Special Account receives covered industry revenues for legally specified purposes, with its year-end balance also transferred. No transfer amounts or direct household payments are stated.

Corrections fund loses unused year-end money

The law creates a Department of Corrections Reimbursement Fund administered by the department's director. At fiscal year-end, money the Chief Financial Officer determines remains available must leave the fund. It goes to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The provision does not specify a change in corrections services.

District redirects dedicated money across budget years

Available year-end balances in listed funds transfer to the General Fund's unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. The list covers Solid Waste Diversion, St. Elizabeths East Campus Redevelopment, State Athletic Activities, Subrogation, and Targeted Homeowner Grant funds. It also covers Tree, Underground Storage Tank Regulation, Vending Regulations, Vision Zero Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Wage Theft Prevention, and Walter Reed Redevelopment funds. Separate chart-based transfers move specified special-purpose and dedicated-tax money to the local fund in fiscal years 2026–2029. Those transfers follow the approved Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and Financial Plan; the supplied text does not include the chart amounts.

Eastern Market fund loses year-end balances

The law creates an Eastern Market Enterprise Fund administered by the Department of General Services. All money the department receives for Eastern Market must go into this fund. Available year-end balances, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer, transfer to the General Fund's unassigned balance.

Energy contract fund loses year-end balances

Money collected under the municipal aggregation rule goes into a special fund for District energy contracts. The fund can pay only for forming and administering those contracts. Any year-end balance transfers to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The law does not state a household price change.

Energy programs get funding with restrictions

The Sustainable Energy Trust Fund provides at least $19.8 million for the energy utility contract in fiscal year 2026, then $10 million annually. Contract administration and the District energy plan receive at least $4.143591 million in 2026, then $8.532489 million annually. The fund cannot pay for specified District-government utility and energy purchases through the Department of General Services. Unspent money stays in the fund, but spending requires an approved budget and financial plan. During fiscal year 2025 or 2026, the energy department can extend an existing energy-program contract option by one year.

Environmental funds lose available year-end money

Available year-end balances in listed environmental funds move to the General Fund's unassigned balance, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer. Covered funds include Green Building, Hazardous Waste and Toxic Chemical Source Reduction, Indoor Mold Assessment, and Lead Service Line Replacement. The rule also covers Pesticide Registration, Product Stewardship, and Renewable Energy Development. Urban forest fees and penalties go into the Tree Fund; its year-end transfer rule is part of the law's broader fund list. These changes do not set new fee amounts or directly change household assistance eligibility.

Park revenue gets new fund rules

Specified facility fees, concession payments, service payments, and development payments go into the Parks and Recreation Fund. Covered development payments must be part of the development's required community benefits package. Any year-end balance transfers to the General Fund's unassigned balance. This provision creates no new charge and states no fee amounts.

Procurement fund pays operations, loses carryover

The Procurement Practices Reform Fund pays the Office of Contracting and Procurement’s operating costs. Any year-end money remaining moves to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines the remaining amount.

Safety funds face transfers and cap

Beginning September 30, 2026, the Drug-, Firearm-, or Prostitution-Related Nuisance Abatement Fund cannot hold more than $2 million. Covered nuisance-case damages go into that fund, but amounts above the cap transfer to the General Fund's unassigned balance. Available year-end balances in that fund and the Private Security Camera Incentive Fund also transfer there. The Chief Financial Officer determines available year-end amounts. These provisions do not change who qualifies for camera incentives.

Transportation funds shift money to general budget

The law ends the DC Circulator Fund and transfers its remaining balance on the section's effective date. Available year-end money in the Transportation Initiatives, Motor Vehicle Inspection, and Public Vehicles-for-Hire Consumer Service funds also transfers. All transfers go to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Transportation Initiatives Fund is a special fund supporting authorized purchases, property, capital improvements, and Highway Trust Fund payments. These provisions do not establish bus service changes, new inspection fees, or fare changes.

Veterans office revenue gets transfer rules

Special-purpose revenue for the Office of Veterans Affairs goes into its dedicated fund for legally authorized uses. This includes specified Department of Motor Vehicles fees. Any year-end balance transfers to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The provision states no fee amounts or change to individual service eligibility.

Family health expansions remain budget-dependent

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law restores budget-trigger rules for postpartum coverage expansion and home visiting reimbursement. The related postpartum section applies when its cost is included in an approved budget and financial plan. The home visiting law has the same budget trigger. These provisions do not establish a coverage duration, reimbursement rate, or date when the budget triggers are met.

Health agency funds lose year-end balances

Health benefits rights assessments go into a Mayor-run fund to pay for administering that law. A separate health planning fund receives agency-related fees and civil fines. It pays health planning agency salaries and operating costs first; excess can support other Department health assessment, planning, and evaluation work. Remaining year-end balances in both funds go to the General Fund's unassigned balance.

Health fund gains uses, loses carryover

The Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund can support Healthy DC and other medical assistance programs. Those programs must be run by the Department of Health Care Finance. At fiscal year-end, the Chief Financial Officer transfers remaining available money to the General Fund’s unassigned balance. The law does not set a transfer amount or change individual eligibility or benefit levels.

Health fund leftovers return to general budget

Available year-end money in the medical cannabis fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The same rule covers the Medical Examiner Pathology and Toxicology Fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines available balances during year-end close. These provisions state no transfer amount or direct change to household fees or eligibility.

Health licensing money follows separate rules

Health occupation licensing fees and civil fines go into the Health Occupations Regulation Fund. It pays for health occupation boards' operations, salaries, and necessary expenses. The specified Basic Business License Fee for section 4902 activities goes to the Basic Business License Fund instead. Unspent health occupation money does not revert, and appropriated money remains available across years subject to an approved budget and financial plan. No fee amounts change in the supplied text.

Healthy DC fund rule shifts fiscal years

Effective September 18, 2024, the specified Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund rule covers fiscal year 2026 instead of 2025. The provision states no funding amount and no direct change to individual benefits or eligibility.

Construction code approval rule is repealed

Beginning October 1, 2025, the law repeals one subsection of the Construction Codes Approval and Amendments Act. The supplied provision does not describe the removed approval rule. It does not establish how construction costs, approval steps, or safety requirements change.

Housing fund leftovers move to general budget

Available year-end money in the Housing Authority Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The same rule covers the Housing and Community Development Unified Fund, which is designated a special fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines available balances. Specified Recorder of Deeds receipts go into its Automation Fund, whose year-end balance also moves to the General Fund. These provisions state no fee increase, transfer amount, or change to housing eligibility.

School and worker funds lose leftovers

Available year-end balances in three school and workforce funds move to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The funds cover public school facilities, the Jobs Trust Fund, and early childhood educator pay equity. The Chief Financial Officer determines the available amounts. These provisions do not change educator pay amounts, job-benefit eligibility, or school services.

Chinatown tax relief adds owner duties

For Square 485, Lots 3, 30, 42, 43, 44, and 48, the law expands eligible property work to projects covering at least 50,000 square feet and meeting applicable use or office-space requirements. It also allows relief for existing office-only properties. For abatements issued after October 1, 2025, owners must provide space for a Chinatown cultural business or nonprofit 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 about products. Owners must also donate at least $300,000 to the District for Deputy Mayor-administered grants in the first year; the tax relief amount is unspecified.

Combined business tax timing changes

For businesses filing combined District tax returns, the law changes a specified period to seven tax years beginning after December 31, 2029. A related reference now includes tax year 2025 as well as 2020. The provided text does not explain the underlying calculation or whether a business pays more or less.

Downtown housing tax timing shifts later

The law shifts an affected Housing in Downtown Program tax-year reference from 2025 to 2026. A related reference to years after 2025 becomes years after 2026. This moves that provision's timing forward one year. The provided text does not establish whether affected taxpayers pay more or less.

Energy assessments fund government energy purchases

The law creates the Mayor's Energy Surcharge Fund, paid for by assessments on energy companies and oil deliveries. Fiscal year 2026 rates are $0.077132 per gas therm, $0.004854 per electric kilowatt-hour, and $0.059008 per heating- or fuel-oil gallon. Beginning fiscal year 2027, those rates are $0.090112, $0.005544, and $0.064586, respectively. Oil assessments cover deliveries to District industrial, commercial, and residential end-users. The fund supports government wind or solar purchases from the PJM region and other energy purchases. Other energy purchases are capped at $70.101974 million in fiscal year 2026 and $80.601974 million annually in fiscal years 2027–2029. Unspent money stays in the fund; continued use of appropriated money requires authorization in an approved budget and financial plan. Household bill effects depend on whether providers pass on assessment costs.

Lodging taxes fund economic development account

Beginning October 1, 2025, the District directs part of its specified 1.0% lodging tax revenue to economic development. The Economic Development Special Account receives $10.466 million in fiscal year 2026 and $6.14 million in 2027. Remaining revenue from that tax goes to local funds. Revenue from the corresponding lodging tax also goes to local funds. This allocation provision changes where receipts go, not the tax rate.

Sports fee revenue shifts after ballpark debt

The existing fee based on annual District gross receipts is renamed the sports facilities fee. Revenue stays in the Ballpark Revenue Fund until principal and interest on the specified bonds are fully paid. Afterward, revenue goes to the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund. Related $14 million references become the annual debt service on those bonds. A specified excess-revenue allocation covers only the first $32.92 million accruing in fiscal year 2026; former 2027 and 2028 allocations are removed.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Phil Mendelson
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 10 • No: 2

House vote • 7/28/2025

Final Reading