District of ColumbiaB26-0450Council Period 26 (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Phil Mendelson (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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165 provisions identified: 83 benefits, 37 costs, 45 mixed.

Qualifying transit board members receive stipends

Qualifying principal Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board members receive $20,000 per 12-month period, paid quarterly. Qualifying alternates receive $250 per day serving in place of a principal member to determine a board quorum. Members must have been appointed under the 2012 District board appointment law. They cannot be District employees or public officials.

More time and priority for homebuyers

Home Purchase Assistance funding must reach eligible applicants on a rolling basis, without a lottery. The Mayor must prioritize District residents who are low income, elderly, displaced, or have disabilities. Selection cannot depend on loan-to-value ratio or first-trust mortgage amount. Applicants needing housing counseling get at least two years after finishing it to receive assistance—not a two-year waiting period. If funding runs out during the notice year, eligibility lasts through at least the next fiscal year with available funding.

Higher base wages for tipped workers

Covered tipped workers' minimum pay before tips equals 56% of the regular minimum wage beginning July 1, 2026. It rises to 60% on July 1, 2028, and 65% on July 1, 2030. It reaches 70% on July 1, 2032, and 75% on July 1, 2034. Employers can count tips toward the regular minimum wage only when tips cover the difference and other cited requirements apply. The law's stated minimum-wage exceptions still apply.

Tax relief for land trust homeowners

People living in homes under community land trust leases can apply for the homestead deduction as owners. Qualifying transfers to land trusts are exempt from transfer and deed-recording taxes. Qualifying lower-income households also gain deed-recording and property-tax exemptions for covered ownership or leases, subject to the District's specified homeownership requirements. For covered resale-restricted land, assessment uses average annual ground rent over the lease, including renewals, divided by 10%. That rent-based amount cannot exceed the covered property's fair market value; additional actual consideration payable is then added.

Ward 8 cannabis retailer gets grant

For fiscal year 2025, the Deputy Mayor was required to award a $500,000 grant to a qualifying medical cannabis retailer. The retailer must be licensed, located in Ward 8, and operating since January 2019. The grant supports continued business operations, not payments to consumers.

District Baby Bonds end for children

As of September 30, 2025, the law ends the District's Baby Bonds program. Children who could have qualified no longer have access to its statutory wealth-building benefits. The law also repeals related lottery and tax provisions.

Long-term assistance families face steep cuts

Beginning October 1, 2026, District-funded TANF benefits fall for assistance units with an adult after the 60-month limit. The rule also covers units receiving federal and District-funded TANF for 60 months after February 28, 1997, even with gaps. Benefits fall to 70% of the fiscal year 2026 amount in 2027, 50% in 2028, and 25% in 2029 and later. The Mayor may exempt units, capped at a monthly average of 25% of the relevant District-funded caseload. That cap uses the average monthly caseload in the current or prior fiscal year.

Lower Alliance income limits for adults

For adults 21 or older, Alliance enrollment income limits fall from 210% of the federal poverty level through September 30, 2025. The limit is 133% from October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026, then 19% from October 1, 2026–September 30, 2027. Starting October 1, 2027, these adults generally cannot apply or enroll; separate age-based rules restrict new enrollment earlier. Limits are 216% for ages 19–20 and 319% for ages 18 or younger. Applicants must live in the District, provide an assigned Social Security number if available, and meet age-specific restrictions involving other health coverage; related income references now use each person's applicable limit rather than a fixed 210%.

Mayor can narrow Alliance health coverage

Beginning October 1, 2025, the Mayor can limit services covered by Alliance. For members 21 or older, coverage can be limited to designated primary care, acute-care hospital, emergency transportation, prescription drug, and medical equipment services. For members under 21, the Mayor can exclude home health, nursing facility, and inpatient psychiatric hospital services. Their coverage can be limited to designated primary care, dental, medical equipment, and behavioral health services. The law grants this authority but does not itself choose the covered services.

District child tax credit ends

The law repeals the District child tax credit, with the repeal applying as of October 1, 2024. District taxpayers who otherwise qualified lose that credit. The supplied text does not state the credit amount.

Alliance closes new enrollment by age

Starting October 1, 2025, people age 26 or older cannot newly enroll in Alliance. People who newly enroll October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026 and turn 26 during that period can stay through September 30, 2026. Starting October 1, 2026, people age 21 or older cannot newly enroll. Continuation restrictions also apply to enrollees who turn 21 between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2027. The transition rule does not remove anyone before their 21st birthday.

Childcare educator pay floors change

Childcare facilities receiving Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund money must meet salary floors based on role and credentials. In 2025, assistant teachers need at least $51,006 with a Child Development Associate credential. Those with an associate degree or higher, or 60 college-level hours, need at least $54,262. Lead-teacher floors range from $51,006 to $75,103; January–September 2026 floors are lower, ranging from $48,736 to $71,010. The law also covers October–December 2024, recognizes certain accepted state certificates, and requires implementation guidance.

More legal help for low-income residents

The Access to Justice Initiative now includes the Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program. It supports nonprofits serving low-income and underserved District residents, their nonprofit partners, and a shared legal interpreter bank. Eligible people and groups also receive support for legal services in covered proceedings. The law does not set a benefit amount for each person.

Adult Alliance service limits start later

Effective September 1, 2025, the law delays Alliance service limits for enrollees aged 21 or older until October 1, 2026. It allocates $21.538938 million for the delay, subject to revenue conditions. Certified September 2025 estimates must show fiscal year 2025 local revenue above the approved budget estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. Separately, certain Alliance requirements become optional for the program rather than mandatory; the text does not identify which requirements it will use.

Child support exclusions help assistance families

Beginning October 1, 2025, TANF calculations exclude full current monthly child support obligations and voluntary payments from an absent parent or spouse. A separate TANF rule excludes up to the first $200 received as child support. The supplied text does not state a time period for that $200 limit. These exclusions can help families qualify for or keep cash assistance; they do not guarantee a $200 benefit increase.

District can create basic health coverage

The Health Benefit Exchange Authority can establish and run a basic health program under federal law. This provision grants authority; it does not establish that enrollment is open. The supplied text does not state eligibility, coverage, costs, or a start date.

Educators gain pay and workplace support

For school year 2025–2026, the education office must provide $30.785832 million to public charter school agencies for educator pay increases. Schools must use the money only for educator compensation and pay it during that school year. Each school leader must sign an assurance covering those requirements. A separate $300,000 competitive grant program supports at least two community organizations improving educator workplaces in partnership with schools and child development facilities. The call for grant applications is due November 26, 2025.

Nurse aide students gain paid training

Students participating in the certified nurse aide program must receive $17 per paid hour from program funds. Total pay depends on compensated hours; the law states no maximum. The education office and university partner must plan for exams within two months after students finish coursework and clinical hours. Students who earn certification must be connected with employers hiring nurse aides. The plan does not guarantee certification or a job.

Pay standard for direct care workers

FY2026 reimbursement rates for direct care services must support worker pay at the highest of three wage measures. These are 117.6% of the District living wage on July 1, 2025, the current minimum wage, or the current living wage. Providers can set different pay levels based on qualified experience and demonstrated skill. Average worker pay must still meet the required rate. This does not guarantee every worker the same pay.

Youth gain training and reentry support

In fiscal year 2026, the youth rehabilitation department must run two one-year grant pilots. One provides pre-apprenticeship training to youth detained at New Beginnings, including workforce skills and instruction tied to education or apprenticeship pathways. Training applicants must be eligible colleges, nonprofits, or Achievement Center apprenticeship providers with youth training experience. The second supports youth leaving secure facilities through aftercare, case management, coordinated discharge plans, and possible housing, job, school, or mentoring help. Eligible reentry applicants include nonprofits, Neighborhood Family Success Centers, and specified recent agency grantees; both pilots favor District-based or District-serving applicants and established government partners. Recipients must report services and outcomes within 14 months; the department's reentry reports on known law-enforcement or custody involvement must follow juvenile privacy laws.

Tax refunds for community land trusts

The law forgives qualifying community land trust taxes and requires refunds to the people who paid them. Transfer, deed recording, and property tax refunds cover qualifying payments since October 1, 2018, within the law's exemptions. Refunds include qualifying penalties and interest. A separate rule covers property taxes, penalties, and interest collected through September 30, 2025, on property owned by a community land trust.

Construction-affected businesses gain targeted grant support

The Deputy Mayor must award $150,000 in fiscal year 2026 grants to businesses affected by construction in specified Southeast areas. Covered locations are near Pennsylvania Avenue and Potomac Avenue, or along 8th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Virginia Avenue. Individual grant amounts are not specified.

Rhode Island Avenue businesses gain grants

The Deputy Mayor must award at least $350,000 competitively in fiscal year 2026 to eligible Rhode Island Avenue Corridor businesses and property owners. Businesses must be District-registered, have fewer than 30 full-time employees, remain in good standing with licensing, tax, employment, and federal tax agencies, and offer qualifying community or foot-traffic activities. Businesses and owners must sign or intend to sign a lease lasting at least 10 fixed years, excluding renewal options. Businesses can fund rent or tenant improvements; owners must own corridor property, meet licensing and tax standing requirements, not beneficially own the tenant business, and pass along an equal or greater benefit through rent relief or another benefit. Recipients must prove continued lease participation annually and provide required documentation.

Alliance applicants need two residency documents

DC Health Care Alliance applicants must provide at least two approved residency documents in their own names. Examples include District rental or property records, identification, school enrollment proof, and recent bills, pay statements, or property-tax bills. The Department can allow exceptions for homelessness, domestic violence, or a noncustodial parent's refusal to provide documents. It can also approve other exceptional cases individually.

Cash assistance loses yearly inflation increases

Cash assistance levels receive no inflation adjustment in fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029, or 2030. Recipients still receive their applicable benefit level. The law does not state a dollar amount for the forgone increases.

Families face cuts for assistance noncompliance

Beginning October 1, 2026, the District must cut a household assistance unit's TANF benefit by 25% for recipient noncompliance. The trigger is a finding that a recipient did not follow the District public assistance law or its rules. The provision does not state how long the cut lasts. On the same date, a separate TANF threshold rises from 6% to 25%. The supplied text does not explain what that separate threshold measures or its household effect.

Mayor can acquire specified redevelopment property

The Mayor can acquire Lot 48 in Square 3100 through eminent domain for revitalization or redevelopment. The District must follow its specified eminent-domain procedures. The law grants authority; it does not state that the property has been acquired or compensation paid.

Higher annual skill-game fees for businesses

Businesses subject to the specified annual skill-game fee pay $500 instead of $200. That is an additional $300 each year.

More unlicensed for-hire vehicles face impoundment

District impoundment rules now cover any for-hire vehicle, not just taxis and passenger vehicles for hire. A vehicle faces impoundment if it lacks the required District license or its business lacks District operating authority. It must also be observed providing for-hire service that starts in, or occurs entirely within, the District.

New tax on medical cannabis sales

Medical cannabis sellers must remit a 6% tax on gross receipts from sales or charges. Buyers can bear some or all of the cost through prices, but a price increase is not guaranteed. In FY2026, proceeds fund the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund up to the certified FY2026 amount in the approved FY2023 budget. Any excess goes to the District General Fund.

New vehicle registration fees and discounts

Vehicle registration fees depend on the applicable schedule, vehicle class, and weight. One schedule charges $70, $175, $300, or $550, plus $75 per 1,000 pounds over 10,000 pounds. Two others charge $115–$800 or $85–$750, respectively. They add $100 or $75 per 1,000 pounds over 8,000 pounds, respectively. New electric vehicles under 5,000 pounds pay $40 for their first two registration years, then follow Class I or II rates. Under the specified schedule, disability-tagged vehicles pay $70 when their weight above 3,499 pounds results from a disability accommodation. The supplied text does not identify when each schedule applies.

Safer body art with stricter rules

Body-art shops need Mayor-issued licenses, and artists working there must also hold valid licenses. Shops must meet health and safety standards, post the required tattoo-pigment warning, and provide pigment and recall information on request. Reusable equipment needs regularly calibrated sterilizers. Sharps, pigments, gloves, and cleansing products must be single-use. Violations can bring license suspension or loss and fines up to $2,500.

Alliance enrollment caps with renewal protections

The Mayor can set Alliance participant limits by rule. Rules setting a limit must give enrollees 90 days after their certification period ends to complete renewal. Enrollees found eligible receive coverage back to the end of their prior certification period, without interruption. Alliance beneficiaries can submit renewal applications in person, by phone, or electronically, including through a web portal.

Truancy pilot adds services and referrals

For school year 2025–2026, the Mayor must select at least 10 schools serving grades 6–12 with prior-year truancy above 35%. The group must include a middle school and the five prior pilot schools. Schools refer ages 14–17 to human services after 15 unexcused full-day absences, and ages 10–13 after 10. Human services must refer covered students ages 10–13 to child welfare if parents decline services or fail to respond within 10 business days. The agency must publish preliminary and final reports; participating schools are exempt from the referenced separate reporting requirements.

Agencies face limits on background alerts

Participating agencies may use Rap Back notification information only for listed eligibility decisions. These include care, security, licensing, appointment, certification, registration, employment, and volunteer service. Agencies cannot share the information further.

Clean Hands debt threshold excludes driving debts

The relevant Clean Hands debt criterion applies only when outstanding District fines, penalties, or interest exceed $1,000. Department of Motor Vehicles debt does not count toward that threshold. This rule does not erase debts or describe other Clean Hands requirements.

Funding increases Medicaid personal needs allowance

The law allocates $500,000 each year in fiscal years 2026 through 2029 to increase Medicaid's personal needs allowance. September 2025 certified local revenues must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenues 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.

Public-benefit applicants get clearer help contacts

The Department of Human Services must prominently explain Ombudsman services on its website and at every service center. Public-benefit applications and official materials must also carry the information. Notices must include the Ombudsman's phone number, email, and website. This requirement does not change benefit eligibility or payment amounts.

Housing incentive funding for police officers

The law allocates $638,628 for Metropolitan Police Department officer housing incentives. It provides $459,000 in fiscal year 2027 and $179,628 in fiscal year 2028. September 2025 certified revenues must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 estimate, and revenues must exceed spending estimated by November 15, 2025. The law does not state each officer's payment or eligibility terms.

New fund supports targeted homeowner grants

Beginning September 1, 2025, the Mayor administers a new Targeted Homeowner Grant Fund. Grant payments depend on money being appropriated for the program. Administrative costs cannot exceed 5% of the fund's authorized yearly spending. Any year-end balance goes to the District General Fund. This provision does not state grant amounts or homeowner eligibility rules.

Dedicated fund supports District employee benefits

The law creates a Mayor-managed special fund for compensation, benefits, and related implementation costs under the applicable employee law. It receives appropriations, transfers, and other legally directed amounts. The fund balance does not revert at year-end. Appropriated money remains available across years only when the approved budget and financial plan authorize it. Employee eligibility and payment amounts come from the applicable benefit law, not this fund provision.

Educator residency sponsorship funding stays protected

District of Columbia Public Schools cannot move educator permanent-residency sponsorship funding to other uses. The restriction covers money appropriated for those sponsorship services. The provision does not state the funding amount.

Licensing help for internationally trained professionals

Beginning October 1, 2025, the Department of Health must provide licensing help to internationally trained health professionals. Help includes applications, exam information, education and training requirements, and access to language and exam-preparation resources. The program does not guarantee a license or provide a specified cash payment.

Retired police keep benefits in forensic jobs

Retired police officers can work full or part time for the Department of Forensic Sciences without jeopardizing retirement benefits. The law removes the prior limit to temporary jobs. The related retirement rule expressly covers retirees employed under this authority. No salary or pension amount is specified.

Tipped workers get clearer pay disclosures

Beginning January 1, 2026, District employers must list tipped employees' compensation sources beyond base wages and tips. The list includes bonuses, sales commissions, service-charge percentages, and other compensation sources. This disclosure requirement does not itself change pay amounts.

Shoppers keep lower sales tax longer

The District's general sales and use tax stays at 6.0% before October 1, 2026. The increase to 6.5% is delayed from October 1, 2025 to October 1, 2026. During that year, covered purchases face 0.5 percentage points less tax than previously scheduled.

Application route for vendor amnesty

Sidewalk and mobile vendors can apply to the Mayor's amnesty program. The Mayor sets application and approval requirements by rule. At the Mayor's request, the Chief Financial Officer sends electronic notices to vendors registered with the tax office. The supplied text does not state which debts or penalties are forgiven.

Business associations gain public safety grants

Nonprofit voluntary business associations can qualify for grants from the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. Grants can pay staff salaries and fringe benefits. Special police officer salaries and benefits require the Deputy Mayor's specific approval. No grant amount is stated.

Flexible payments for Great Streets businesses

Great Streets grants can be paid in one installment or several. The law no longer requires grants to be divided into installments. The supplied text does not change grant amounts or eligibility.

Higher licensing threshold for businesses

The law raises a specified business licensing threshold from more than $100 to more than $1,000. The supplied text does not explain how that threshold operates. It does not establish a particular business's savings.

More license fee relief for businesses

District business license relief programs can waive or forgive fees and penalties. The Department can also waive late fees and penalties when businesses reinstate lapsed or expired licenses. Reinstatement waivers must follow rules issued by the Director. Relief is discretionary, not automatic, and no waiver amount is specified.

Sidewalk and mobile vendors gain grants

The Mayor can issue grants to help sidewalk and mobile vendors obtain licenses and other required authorizations. Grants can also cover vending equipment, supplies, and operating costs. Awards follow the Grant Administration Act. The law does not set award amounts or guarantee a grant.

Vendors get backup neighborhood zone oversight

When the Mayor has no contracted manager for the Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant vending zone, an unpaid oversight committee is established. It has up to three members: one serving ANC 1A commissioner and two Council appointees. Members help with the site plan, agency advice, vendor outreach, and monthly written Council updates. The provision expires September 4, 2027.

Annual funding supports civil legal help

The District provides annual funds to the D.C. Bar Foundation for the Access to Justice Initiative. The Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program is included and funded through that initiative. The supplied text does not state a funding amount or individual award formula.

Bag fees support river cleanup

Carryout bag fees sent to the tax office go into the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Fund. Net proceeds from Anacostia River and Protect Local Wildlife plates, plus the voluntary tax check-off, also go there. Fund balances do not return to the General Fund at year-end. Approved budgets can keep appropriated money available across years.

Chinatown and U Street cultural support

Beginning October 1, 2025, $250,000 in fiscal year 2026 economic development tax revenue supports Chinatown's cultural identity. Separately, the Deputy Mayor can award grants for the Prince Hall space and adjacent plaza at 1000 U Street, NW. Recipients can be the Prince Hall charitable educational foundation or a commercial tenant of that space. Funds must carry out recommendations in the Shaw/U Street Cultural Destination District Plan; no grant amount is set.

Clean City office coordinates neighborhood cleaning

The law creates a Clean City office within Public Works, led by a full-time coordinator appointed by the Mayor. The office must assess District cleanliness quarterly and coordinate litter, waste collection, rodent, and pet-waste work. When funding is available, the coordinator can award public-space cleaning grants. Grants must favor existing Clean Teams and prioritize major roads, commercial corridors, and mixed-use neighborhoods. Grant-funded work cannot replace Public Works staff duties.

District history groups receive grant support

In fiscal year 2026, Events DC must provide at least $350,000 to a District nonprofit teaching freedom and democracy history. Its education must cover all eight wards. Events DC must also give at least $250,000 to a Carnegie Library nonprofit collecting, interpreting, and sharing District history. That grant adds to existing historical education and research grants. Separately, the Deputy Mayor can fund the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation to redevelop and operate its museum at 1925 Vermont Avenue, NW.

Grants help preserve historic Black cemeteries

When funding is available, the Office of Planning must award grants to qualified tax-exempt cemetery-preservation charities. Grants support preservation, restoration, identification, interpretation, return of human remains, and related research and records. Burial grounds must have been established in the District before January 1, 1955, for African American interments. They must be owned by a public body or qualified charity. Work on private property also requires the owner's written consent.

Legal service grants support District residents

The law creates a grant program for legal advice, representation, brief services, and attorney training. The Mayor must provide grants to nonprofits, private providers partnering with nonprofits, or private providers using free volunteer legal help. Funded legal services serve District residents. Grants must follow the Grant Administration Act of 2013; no funding amount is specified.

Mayor can fund community cultural services

The Mayor can grant money to people and organizations providing cultural, community relations, and partnership services to District residents. The Mayor must centrally review and approve grants under the covered cultural and community affairs laws. Grants must follow the Grant Administration Act of 2013. No grant amount or appropriation is specified.

Public restroom program sets access standards

Public Works establishes a public restroom program and can contract for facilities that meet accessibility and operating standards. Facilities must meet disability-access rules and requirements for water, relocation, remote monitoring, and automated hours. Contractors must provide 24-hour maintenance, monthly usage and condition reports, and installation at directed sites. Funding-dependent initial sites include six listed locations, Oxon Run Park, Watkins Recreation Center, the Downtown business district, and Marvin Gaye Park. New locations must first prioritize sites in the required site report.

Public safety grants receive minimum funding

In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice must award at least $750,000 in covered grants. The minimum applies only to awards under the specified grant authority, not all District grants. The provision does not state a household payment or individual benefit.

Revenue surplus can fund DNA testing

Effective September 1, 2025, the law assigns the next $3.5 million in qualifying one-time revenue to FY2026 in-house DNA testing. The money goes to the Department of Forensic Sciences. FY2025 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.

Health department takes over home hazards

The Department of Health regulates medical waste, low-level radioactive waste, and listed home hazards, including indoor air hazards and pests. It must also run a program to reduce children's lead exposure. Related lead-prevention and medical-waste functions move from the Department of Energy and Environment. Their staff, property, records, and available funds move with them.

Behavioral health provision continues through 2026

The law extends a behavioral health provision from fiscal year 2025 through fiscal year 2026. The supplied text does not identify the services, eligibility rules, or funding amount involved.

Funding for substance-use outreach and testing

FY2026 directs $2.107 million from the Opioid Abatement Fund: $800,000 for outreach, $400,000 for drug testing and testing-method development, and $907,000 for behavioral-health implementation. By October 31, 2025, Behavioral Health must award that $800,000 outreach allocation, another $200,000, and a separate $750,000 outreach grant. The separate grant serves Columbia Heights Civic Plaza and specified Mount Pleasant, Georgia Avenue, and U Street locations. The first outreach grants require experienced harm-reduction nonprofits with federal tax-exempt status, using the same recipients as the cited 2023 law. Location-specific reports on outreach, referrals, overdose interventions, supplies, and education are due November 30, 2026; the Department must submit and publicly post them within 30 days.

Long-term care gets full-time planning coordinator

The law creates a full-time Long-Term Care Strategic Coordinator under the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. By January 1, 2026, the coordinator must coordinate Age-Friendly DC, track services, and develop a data-based workforce strategy. The coordinator must identify agency contacts, reduce duplicate work, and align agency efforts. This is a planning role, not a new household benefit or payment.

Protected funding for school mental health

Fiscal year 2026 school behavioral health grants total at least $16.32 million, with at least $120,000 per school-based clinician. Providers serving schools in 2023–2024 or 2024–2025 get priority. The Department cannot require supervision reserves or bar grant spending on children's general or specialized therapy. It cannot require billing above $15,000 before payment or reduce grants based on reported insurance claims. Providers must report services, people served, and specified current and prior salaries for funded clinicians and supervisors.

Furniture funding helps low-income families

In fiscal year 2026, the Department of Human Services must give A Wider Circle a $250,000 grant. The money supports furniture and home goods for low-income individuals and families. The law does not set the value of goods each household receives.

Employer grants support returning citizens' jobs

The Office on Ex-Offender Affairs can establish an employer grant program supporting employment for returning citizens. The authority is no longer limited to a pilot. Grants remain subject to the requirements in the existing program law. No grant amount or appropriation is specified.

Surplus funding for charter school lead testing

Effective September 1, 2025, the law assigns the next $1 million in qualifying one-time revenue to FY2026 charter-school lead-pipe testing. The money goes to the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board. FY2025 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. The provision funds testing but does not specify repair funding.

Cherry Blossom Festival gets matching funds

For the 2026 National Cherry Blossom Festival, Events DC must administer a matching grant for a nonprofit producing official events. The grant pays $2 per $1 in corporate donations raised by April 30, 2026, up to $1.5 million. The law transfers $1.5 million to Events DC in fiscal year 2026 for the program. The match is in addition to other Events DC Festival grants.

District theaters receive repair and operating grants

Effective August 18, 2025, the arts commission must provide four named theater grants. In fiscal year 2025, National Theatre gets $4 million for acquisition and repairs. Howard Theatre gets $500,000 for operations and renovation-related debt; Lincoln Theatre gets $285,000 for repairs and renovation. In fiscal year 2026, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company gets $500,000 for operating expenses.

Energy contractors can get longer options

During FY2025 or FY2026, the energy department can extend an existing Sustainable Energy Trust Fund contract option by one year. The option period must already exist. The department is not required to grant an extension.

GALA Theatre receives grants and matches

Effective August 18, 2025, GALA Hispanic Theatre receives a fiscal year 2026 grant for repairs, renovation, and operations. The $450,000 lump sum is due by December 31, 2025. GALA can also receive up to $50,000 in dollar-for-dollar matches for non-government donations, paid in scheduled lump sums. Donation periods are August–October 2025, November 2025–January 2026, February–April 2026, and May–July 2026. GALA must submit a notarized, itemized donation list to receive matching funds.

Human services grants get payment deadlines

Beginning October 1, 2026, new deadlines apply to covered grants for which Human Services is the sole grantor. Grants must use only local operating funds, and the grantee must sign the agreement after October 1, 2026. The agency must send the agreement within 30 days after the fiscal year or other service term starts. First payment is due at the later of 30 days after that start or 30 days after receipt of the signed agreement.

Libraries keep funds and expand staffing uses

Unspent Public Library Account and Fund money does not return to the General Fund at year-end or later. Appropriated money remains available across years when an approved budget and financial plan authorizes it. The Library Fund can also pay temporary and when-actually-employed workers. Their work must be intended to generate revenue from the specified library activities.

Public kiosks can share advertising revenue

The Mayor can contract for interactive wayfinding kiosks in commercial districts and other unrestricted public-space locations. The license agreement must follow applicable laws and regulations. The District must receive a share of digital advertising revenue from the kiosks. The law does not set that share or charge households a fee.

RFK campus gets dedicated infrastructure fund

The law creates the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund, administered by the Mayor. Money can remain in the fund across fiscal years. The law allows transfers of up to $20 million to a transportation fund. The supplied provision does not specify an appropriation or individual infrastructure projects.

Tennis center upgrades follow approved transfer

The Council authorizes transferring the specified Rock Creek Tennis Center area from the National Park Service to the District. After that transfer, or another Council-approved transfer, 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 states no project cost.

Lower clean-energy assessments for energy companies

The law lowers specified Sustainable Energy Trust Fund natural-gas assessment rates from $0.1098 and $0.1172 to $0.032668 and $0.027088. Specified electric rates fall from $0.00691 and $0.00721 to $0.002056 and $0.001666. Heating- and fuel-oil deliveries to District end-users are assessed $0.024992 per gallon in fiscal year 2026. The oil rate is $0.019414 per gallon in fiscal year 2027 and later. Companies and deliverers pay these assessments; the law does not establish household bill savings.

Money restored for emergency phone services

On October 1, 2025, the District transfers $300,000 from its General Fund balance to the 911 and 311 Assessments Fund. This reverses two earlier transfers of $150,000 each. The law also removes the recurring $150,000 transfer entry. It restores service funding but does not promise a specific service change or household payment.

Disability assistance funds keep unspent money

Specified amounts go into the Interim Disability Assistance Fund and can support only that program. Unspent money stays in the fund rather than returning to the General Fund. Appropriated money remains available across years only with approved budget and financial-plan authorization. The law gives the same carryover treatment to another fund not named in the supplied text. These provisions do not change disability assistance eligibility or benefit levels.

More funding for family childcare subsidies

The law directs the first $5.5 million of qualifying extra one-time revenues to fiscal year 2026 childcare subsidies. September 2025 certified local revenues must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenues must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The allocation does not change family eligibility or state each family's subsidy.

Extra funding for emergency rental help

The law allocates $2.950715 million in one-time money for emergency rental assistance in fiscal year 2026. September 2025 certified local revenues must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenues must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The allocation does not change eligibility or state each renter's award.

More money preserves affordable rental housing

In fiscal year 2026, the Mayor must use $20 million from the Housing Production Trust Fund for affordable rental preservation. A further $10 million can bring that total to $30 million, and a separate Housing Preservation Fund receives $1 million. These extra allocations depend on September 2025 certified revenues exceeding the approved fiscal year 2025 estimate and revenues exceeding spending estimated by November 15, 2025. Projects with earlier Trust Fund commitments get priority. If too few applications qualify, money still uncommitted at the end of the third quarter can fund other authorized Trust Fund uses.

Rosemount Center gets property purchase help

Rosemount Center receives $2 million by December 1, 2025, to buy its leased property at 2000 Rosemount Avenue NW. The law also provides a $4 match for each private donation dollar raised above $1 million by April 30, 2026. Matching funds are capped at $1 million and due by May 31, 2026. The total grant can reach $3 million.

Charter schools get scheduled facility funding

Charter school facility funding is $3,850 per non-residential student and $10,396 per residential student in FY2027 and FY2028. In FY2029, those amounts rise to $4,219 and $11,393. Starting in FY2030, each amount rises 3.1% annually. School payments equal the applicable amount times estimated enrollment. The money goes to schools, not directly to families.

Extra funding for St. Coletta students

St. Coletta Special Education Public Charter School receives an extra $1.2 million in fiscal year 2026. This is in addition to its regular per-student funding. The Public Charter School Board must send it to the school's chosen bank by November 1, 2025. The money goes to the school, not directly to students or families.

Higher base funding for public schools

For FY2026, the school funding base rises from $14,668 to $15,070 per student. Amounts are $15,070 for grades 1–5 and adults; $19,591 for pre-K 4 and kindergarten; and $20,194 for pre-K 3. Grades 6–8 receive $16,276; grades 9–12, $18,385; alternative programs, $23,811; and special education schools, $17,632. Added funding for special education, English learners, at-risk students, residential placements, and extended-year services ranges from $904 to $52,594. A separate formula percentage falls from 35% to 30%, but the supplied text does not explain its effect; funding goes to schools, not families.

More pay-equity funding for childcare educators

The law allocates $1.5 million in one-time money to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in fiscal year 2026. September 2025 certified local revenues must exceed the approved fiscal year 2025 budget estimate. Revenues must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025. The law does not state each educator's payment.

Business growth contractor gets lead role

The Washington DC Economic Partnership becomes the District's primary contractor for business growth and development. Its work includes keeping existing businesses, helping them expand, and attracting new ones. It also markets the District as a place to start, operate, and grow businesses. This provision does not create a business payment or state a funding amount.

Grants support technology startups and training

The Deputy Mayor was required to award Capital Factory $500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $1.5 million in 2025. Those grants support a District technology incubator. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor can fund organizations helping early-stage District technology companies start and grow. Grants can also support technology-sector job training for District residents. Awards from 2026 onward are discretionary, with no amount specified.

More funding to attract District businesses

Beginning October 1, 2025, dedicated tax revenue funds District retail and business attraction work. The Washington DC Economic Partnership gets $5.14 million in FY2026 and $6.14 million in FY2027. FY2026 also provides $750,000 for business leads, relocation marketing, and developing incentives. Another $750,000 supports retail, fills empty storefronts, and draws foot traffic across the District. These are program funds, not direct household payments.

More support for Chinatown area businesses

Beginning October 1, 2025, FY2026 provides $1.125 million for Gallery Place and Chinatown businesses during Capital One Arena construction. The competitive Chinatown Long-Term Lease Grant program also covers eligible entities, alongside eligible commercial property owners. Its specified grant amount rises from $125,000 to $250,000. Grants can fund tenant improvements, including building fronts and inside or outside renovations. Individual awards are not specified.

Central Kitchen gains broader tax rebates

Beginning May 1, 2025, DC Central Kitchen's tax rebate covers payments under one or more leases instead of one lease. The law removes the prior $208,000 annual cap. Covered payments must be paid directly or indirectly by DC Central Kitchen. No replacement cap or total rebate amount is stated.

Chinatown properties gain tax break eligibility

The law expands property-tax abatement eligibility in Square 485, Lots 3, 30, 42, 43, 44, and 48. Repositioning projects must involve or produce at least 50,000 square feet and meet specified conversion or office-upgrade requirements. Existing properties on those lots used only as offices also qualify under the added rule. The supplied text does not state the tax break amount.

Property tax relief for Prince Hall

Tax relief applies to the Prince Hall Charitable Educational Foundation's Lots 37 and 828 in Square 333. The property, improvements, and furnishings are tax-exempt while used for Foundation purposes and not exclusively for commercial use. Deed recording and transfer taxes are also exempt. The law forgives associated unpaid Recorder of Deeds taxes in fiscal year 2025 and unpaid 2022–2025 property taxes in fiscal year 2026. Forgiveness and refunds, including penalties and interest, have a combined $1.284271 million cap; the provision applies September 30, 2025.

Property tax relief for two developments

Beginning October 1, 2029, Lots 866 and 868 in Square 5056 qualify for annual property-tax relief. Each lot must receive a final certificate of occupancy by September 30, 2029. Relief lasts 30 real-property tax years and cannot exceed $300,000 per lot annually. The actual tax break for either lot is not specified.

Higher vehicle lien and traffic fees

Recording or releasing a motor-vehicle or trailer lien costs $15 instead of 50 cents, an extra $14.50 per transaction. Specified traffic and vehicle fees also rise from $98 to $115, $26 to $30, and $338 to $350. A referenced minimum amount rises from $5 to $250. The supplied summary does not identify those additional fee types, so it cannot show which apply to your transaction.

Ongoing background checks allow new fees

The law creates the District Rap Back program and requires police participation in the FBI service. At an agency's request, covered people undergo fingerprinting, a national criminal-history check, and an ongoing subscription. Coverage requires a listed District-law requirement or authorization for fingerprint-based background checks. Police must alert the requesting agency when a notification event occurs. Police can set an annual subscription fee by rule, charged to the person or agency; no amount is set.

Senior hunger law is repealed

The law repeals the No Senior Hungry Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022. The supplied text does not describe that act's services, funding, or eligibility rules. It therefore does not establish what food support seniors lose.

Home electrification help becomes less certain

Some Home Electrification Program services are required only when funding is available. Other specified services and agency actions become optional. These changes reduce the guarantee of services for eligible District households. The supplied text does not identify the affected services or a household benefit amount.

District ends its school truancy pilot

Beginning September 3, 2025, the law ends the District's temporary truancy-reduction pilot. It repeals the pilot's legal framework. The supplied provision does not identify replacement services or funding.

Cooperative property tax assistance law ends

The law repeals the Limited Equity Cooperative Property Tax Assistance Amendment Act of 2022. The supplied text does not state the assistance amount, who qualified, or when prior benefits applied.

Possible assessments for hired vehicle operators

The Department of For-Hire Vehicles can charge an assessment to taxicab and other public vehicle-for-hire operators. The money funds authorized uses of the Public Vehicles-for-Hire Consumer Service Fund. The law does not require the charge or set its amount. It does not establish a fare increase for passengers.

Alcohol retailers face bingo licensing fees

Eligible on-premises alcohol retailers need both a commercial bingo endorsement and a commercial bingo license to offer commercial bingo. The endorsement comes from the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration and costs $300 annually. The Office of Lottery and Gaming issues the bingo license only to on-premises alcohol retailers. It cannot issue that license before October 1, 2025. The supplied text does not state a separate bingo license fee.

New tax for commercial bingo businesses

Businesses pay a 7.5% tax on gross receipts from commercial bingo sales and charges to play. The tax is based on receipts, not profits. This provision does not specify a starting date.

Immigrant legal services provision is repealed

The law repeals section 3102 of the Immigrant Legal Services Program Act. The supplied text does not explain that section's services, eligibility rules, or duties. It therefore does not establish which services change for people seeking legal help.

Neighborhood plaza deadlines move back

The plaza program's deadlines move back one year. Selection moves from December 31, 2025, to December 31, 2026. Announcements move from March 31, 2026, to March 31, 2027. Implementation deadlines move from October 1, 2026 and 2027, to October 1, 2027 and 2028, respectively.

Public access to justice records narrows

Certain shared records are exempt from District Freedom of Information Act requests. This covers information courts, federal agencies, or federally established agencies give to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council or D.C. Sentencing Commission. The exemption has no specified end date.

Tag enforcement covers more parking locations

The District expands where its specified fraudulent-tag and parking enforcement rule applies. It covers vehicles parked on public rights-of-way and public spaces. It also covers private property under District control or management.

Defibrillator registration fund is ended

The law ends the dedicated Automated External Defibrillator Registration Fee Fund. This repeal does not itself state that registration or the fee ends. The text does not explain how any remaining balance is handled.

District bedbug control law is repealed

The law repeals the District's Bedbug Control Act of 2022. The supplied text does not describe that Act's requirements or protections. It therefore does not establish which household costs or protections change.

St. Coletta must report extra spending

St. Coletta Special Education Public Charter School must report quarterly how it spends its additional fiscal year 2026 funding. Reports go to the Public Charter School Board. The Board can treat a missed report as fiscal mismanagement. Families do not have a reporting duty.

Community program funds lose year-end balances

Available year-end balances move from several community and redevelopment funds to the General Fund's unassigned balance. These include historic protection, security camera incentives, for-hire consumer services, St. Elizabeths East redevelopment, and state athletic activities. Beginning September 1, 2025, the rule also covers underground storage tanks, vending, wage theft prevention, Walter Reed redevelopment, and the fund under D.C. Code § 50-921.20. The Chief Financial Officer determines those remaining balances; the Mayor replaces the Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure in that last fund's rule. No transfer amounts or direct household benefit changes are stated.

Environmental funds lose year-end unspent money

Available year-end balances in seven environmental funds move to the General Fund's unassigned balance. These cover indoor mold assessment, lead service line replacement, pesticide registration, and product stewardship. They also cover renewable energy development, soil erosion and sediment control, and solid waste diversion. No transfer amounts or direct changes to household services, costs, or eligibility are stated.

Late mayoral budgets trigger spending freeze

A missed Council budget deadline triggers a spending limit on two Mayor's offices. The Executive Office of the Mayor and Office of the City Administrator cannot spend on nonpersonnel services. The restriction lasts until the day after the Mayor submits the annual budget.

Energy suppliers fund government energy purchases

The new Mayor's Energy Surcharge Fund collects assessments from gas companies, electric companies, and heating- or fuel-oil deliverers. Fiscal year 2026 rates are $0.077132 per therm, $0.004854 per kilowatt-hour, and $0.059008 per gallon. Rates in fiscal year 2027 and later are $0.090112 per therm, $0.005544 per kilowatt-hour, and $0.064586 per gallon. Fund spending is limited to specified government energy purchases, capped at $70.101974 million in 2026 and $80.601974 million yearly in 2027–2029. Unspent money stays in the fund, with continued spending subject to an approved budget and financial plan.

Paid leave fund draws face limits

Beginning in fiscal year 2030, the specified paid leave funding amount cannot exceed 15% of estimated annual fund deposits. The cap applies each year after that. This provision does not establish a cut to individual paid leave benefits or a change in eligibility.

Housing developers face fees and lower limits

Beginning September 3, 2025, conversions from nonresidential buildings to the Residential Group R-2 category face two permit charges. The building conversion fee is $0.03 per cubic foot of construction. The green building fee is $0.002 per square foot of construction. Separately, the law lowers the specified Downtown Housing Program limit from $6.8 million to $5 million.

For-hire operators face January compliance deadlines

People and entities covered by the specified for-hire registration rule must register by January 5, 2026. A separate carrier-for-hire operator requirement applies beginning no later than January 1, 2026. The supplied text does not describe that requirement's required action or state a registration fee.

Higher downtown business district tax ceiling

The Downtown Business Improvement District's permitted annual tax increase rises from 3% to 5%. For tax year 2026, the district can split the increase between September 2025 and March 2026 payments. The combined increase cannot exceed 5% over the prior year. This allows a higher increase but does not require the district to use the full amount.

Whitman-Walker tax rebate law ends

The law repeals the 2022 tax rebate law for Whitman-Walker entities at St. Elizabeths. The supplied text does not state the rebate amount or its conditions. It does not identify a direct household tax change.

Homebuyer financing allowed, leftover funds redirected

The Home Purchase Assistance Fund can offer loans, down-payment help, interim financing, and other home-purchase assistance. Recipients must meet low- or moderate-income criteria or qualify under the District employee housing-assistance program. The home must be in the District and be the recipient's main home; assistance can combine with other programs. Remaining fund money moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance at year-end. No loan amounts, interest rates, or repayment terms are specified.

Parking permit prices include senior discount

Annual residential parking stickers cost $55 for the first vehicle at each legal mailing address. The second costs $80, the third $115, and each fourth or later vehicle $175. Residents age 65 or older pay $35 for the first vehicle. The supplied provision gives these rates but does not state prior prices.

New oversight and protections for sidewalk vendors

Each sidewalk vending zone has a District licensing employee or contracted private organization as manager. Managers submit and enforce site plans, approve cart and table designs, and obtain a public market manager's license. Private managers need a contract or agreement with the Mayor. Vendors must provide business addresses and home addresses when different. However, a District licensing employee serving as zone manager cannot issue vending-law infraction notices.

Corrections rules preserve required federal cooperation

The cited Department of Corrections detainer provision does not block cooperation required by federal law. It also does not restrict information sharing covered by 8 U.S.C. § 1373. The clarification does not itself require cooperation beyond federal requirements.

Extra revenue funds sound-rule repeal

Beginning September 1, 2025, the law allocates about $1.894 million in qualifying extra revenue to repeal a sound-mitigation provision. Annual amounts are $608,000 in FY2026, $419,874 in FY2027, $428,561 in FY2028, and $437,429 in FY2029. FY2025 local revenue certified in September 2025 must exceed the approved FY2025 budget's annual estimate. Revenue must also exceed actual spending, as estimated by the Chief Financial Officer by November 15, 2025.

Longer renewable energy rules for suppliers

The law extends a specified period in the District's renewable energy portfolio standard by one year. Its ending date changes from September 30, 2028, to September 30, 2029. Covered electricity suppliers remain subject to the standard during that extended period. The provision does not state a household bill change.

Stricter phone and reckless driving rules

District drivers cannot hold or attempt to hold a phone or other personal wireless device while driving. Using or attempting to use one requires a hands-free accessory. Covered use includes intentionally reading, viewing, or typing for calls or messages; specified alerts are excluded from the text-message definition. The restriction does not apply when safely stopped beside or off an active roadway where the vehicle can remain stationary. Reckless driving now includes consciously disregarding the risk of property damage or bodily injury.

Tree revenue fund loses year-end balances

Beginning September 1, 2025, covered tree-program fees and penalties go into a new Tree Fund. The fund is administered by the Director. Money left at fiscal year-end moves to the District General Fund. This provision does not set fee amounts or create a new household payment obligation.

Unused election funds shift to general spending

Available year-end money in the Fair Elections Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines what remains available. The law states no transfer amount or direct household benefit or cost.

Unused environmental funds shift to general spending

Available year-end balances in the Benchmarking Enforcement Fund and Green Building Fund move to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The same rule applies to the Hazardous Waste and Toxic Chemical Source Reduction Fund. The Chief Financial Officer determines what remains available. No transfer amounts or environmental service changes are stated.

Unused safety funds shift to general spending

Available year-end money in the Community-Based Violence Reduction Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines what remains available. The Department of Corrections Director administers its Reimbursement Fund as a special fund. That fund's remaining year-end money also moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. No transfer amounts or service changes are stated.

Health grievance assessments get dedicated fund

The law creates a Mayor-administered fund for handling grievances about adverse health benefit decisions. Assessments imposed under existing law go into the fund to support administration. Any money left at fiscal year-end moves to the District General Fund. The provision does not create a new household benefit or set an assessment amount.

Higher lead threshold for property owners

Effective March 16, 2021, the specified lead-hazard surface threshold changes from 0.7 micrograms to 0.7 milligrams per square centimeter. That is a higher concentration threshold for the applicable requirement. It eases that standard for regulated property owners but sets a less protective threshold for residents. The supplied text gives no household cost or exposure amount.

Expanded checks for youth employment workers

Certain host-employer and grantee staff and volunteers now fall under child or youth services provider rules. This applies in Youth Employment Act programs when workers have direct contact with, or unsupervised access to, participating youth. The Department of Employment Services may check those workers' criminal and traffic records. The provision does not require checks for every youth program worker.

Student arrest sharing gets disclosure protections

Police must share requested arrest-status information about minor students in the specified truancy pilots with the Department of Human Services. The information must be needed for required reports and cover arrests during the report period. Agencies can enter a data-sharing and protection agreement. Shared information is exempt from public-records disclosure. Beginning September 3, 2025, the law also adds the covered school-information exemption to the District's public-records law.

Dedicated revenue accounts lose year-end leftovers

The law directs specified industry revenue to the OCTFME Special Account and veterans-office revenue, including specified vehicle fees, to its fund. Parks revenue includes facility fees, concessions, service payments, specified vehicle fees, and developer payments tied to zoning relief and required community benefits. Specified recording collections go to the Recorder of Deeds Automation Fund, and correctional commissary sales go to the Resident Welfare Fund. The Subrogation Fund receives claim recoveries brought by or for the Chief Risk Officer, including claims referred to the Attorney General. All six accounts transfer year-end leftovers to the General Fund's unassigned balance; no new household charge is stated.

District budgets redirect funds and tighten controls

The Chief Financial Officer must make scheduled transfers from listed special-purpose and dedicated-tax accounts to the local fund in FY2026–FY2029. Those amounts become available under the approved FY2026 Budget and Financial Plan; the supplied summary does not list amounts. Beginning October 1, 2025, agencies cannot shift funding to create new programs or override specified Council funding decisions. Exceptions require unusual circumstances, Council approval, and a written explanation, regardless of the amount.

Licensing funds keep money across years

Alcohol licensing and permit fees support the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration's operating fund. Chapter 8 penalties and fines instead go to the General Fund's unassigned balance. Appraisal education fees and specified civil penalties go into the Appraisal Education Fund. Both special funds keep year-end balances. Appropriated money stays available across years only when an approved budget and financial plan authorizes it.

Neighborhood commissions face new spending limits

Advisory Neighborhood Commissions can use their funds for taxicab and rideshare transportation. They cannot directly pay for a service the District government already performs. These rules change commission spending, not residents' payment duties.

Sports fee money follows debt priorities

Sports facilities fees go into the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund. The Chief Financial Officer first accounts for required bond payments and reserves. In FY2026–2027, surplus pays ballpark early-redemption borrowing before any remainder goes to the General Fund. In FY2028–2029, surplus goes to the General Fund. Beginning FY2030, up to $20 million yearly goes to the RFK Transportation Improvement Fund, with excess going to the General Fund.

Surplus property money pays procurement costs

The Surplus Property Fund pays operating costs for the Office of Contracting and Procurement. Any money left at year-end moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines that balance during the year-end close.

Transportation funds get new spending rules

The law ends the DC Circulator Fund and its specified revenue deposits. Its remaining money moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance when the repeal takes effect. The Transportation Initiatives Fund is a special fund run by the transportation department's Director. It can pay for goods, services, property, improvements, other lawful uses, and Highway Trust Fund payments. Its year-end balance also moves to the General Fund; no transit service change is stated.

Unused combat sports funds shift

Available year-end money in the Combat Sports Commission Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines what remains available. The law states no transfer amount or direct household effect.

Energy funding protected but spending restricted

Sustainable Energy Utility contract funding is at least $19.8 million in fiscal year 2026 and $10 million yearly afterward. Energy department administration and energy-plan funding is at least $4.143591 million in 2026 and $8.532489 million yearly afterward. The Trust Fund cannot fund the Department of General Services' government utilities and related purposes. Unspent money stays in the fund, with continued spending subject to an approved budget and financial plan. Transferred Green Building Fund money must serve its specified purpose only.

Health funds gain revenue but lose leftovers

Health occupation licensing fees and civil fines go to a fund supporting the health occupation boards. Specified business license fees instead go to the Basic Business License Fund; fee amounts do not change here. The Mayor manages the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund for Healthy DC and other medical assistance programs. That fund's year-end balance moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. These provisions do not change individual benefit amounts or eligibility.

Health oversight funds lose year-end balances

Health planning agency fees and civil fines go into its fund, paying agency salaries and necessary expenses first. Extra money can support other health department assessment, planning, and evaluation work. Pharmaceutical detailing license fees, civil fines, and interest go into the Board of Pharmacy Fund. Both funds' remaining year-end money moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance.

Downtown housing area expands, timing shifts

The Downtown Housing program covers the Central Washington and Near Northwest Area Elements, plus 1,750 feet beyond their boundaries within the District. The Mayor can add areas with concentrated commercial office property and high commercial vacancy rates. However, specified program references move from tax year 2025 to 2026. References to years after 2025 move to years after 2026. The supplied provisions do not give individual benefit amounts.

Unused housing funds shift to general spending

Available year-end money in the Housing Authority Rehabilitation and Maintenance Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines that available balance. The housing department's Unified Fund is a special fund whose available year-end money also moves to the General Fund. The law states no transfer amounts or changes to rents, housing help, or services.

Community schools get grants but lose carryover

FY2026 adds $2.4 million for existing Community Schools Incentive Initiative grant recipients. FY2022 recipients get a fifth funding year, and FY2024 recipients get a third. However, money still available in the Community Schools Fund at year-end moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer decides whether money remains available. The law does not specify changes to school services.

Unused apprenticeship fines leave dedicated purposes

Apprenticeship fines left unspent for their authorized purpose at year-end move to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines which fines remain unspent. The law states no transfer amount or direct change in apprenticeship benefits.

Unused school facility money shifts

Available year-end money in the DCPS School Facility Fund moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. The Chief Financial Officer determines what remains available. The provision does not state a transfer amount or change in school facilities or services.

Authorized gambling gets stricter bingo rules

Authorized commercial bingo, sports wagering, and games of skill are exempt from the cited general ban. Sports wagering's exception applies from May 3, 2019; games of skill's applies from April 27, 2021. Commercial bingo requires onsite human opponents and a live caller at the licensed location. Remote bingo and devices that let players compete against machines or computer systems are prohibited. Rule violations can bring fines up to $50,000 or license suspension or revocation.

Business license funds gain spending flexibility

The Department can use Basic Business License Fund money without the former congressional appropriations designation requirement. Any money remaining at year-end moves to the General Fund's unassigned balance. This provision does not change license fees or applicant requirements.

Corporate filing fund gets spending flexibility

The law creates a Corporate Recordation Fund run by the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. Spending no longer requires the former designation in a congressional appropriations act. Unspent year-end money moves to the District General Fund. This provision does not change corporate filing fees or state a funding amount.

Cannabis revenue splits between health and budgets

In FY2026, specified medical marijuana tax proceeds support the Healthy DC and Health Care Expansion Fund. Deposits stop at the FY2026 amount certified in the approved FY2023 budget; excess goes to the General Fund. Covered medical cannabis fines also go to the General Fund. These allocation rules do not themselves change fine amounts or household benefit eligibility.

Chinatown tax breaks require community support

New duties apply to tax breaks issued after October 1, 2025, for Square 485, Lots 3, 30, 42, 43, 44, and 48. Owners must provide a Chinatown cultural business or nonprofit space and a public Asian market throughout the tax break. Before opening the market, owners must consult the Chinatown Revitalization Initiative, ANC 2C, and Wah Luck House residents. Owners must also donate at least $300,000 in the first year for the next Chinatown Long-Term Lease Grant cycle.

Corporations face revised tax reporting timing

For corporations covered by the District's combined reporting rule, the specified period covers seven tax years beginning after December 31, 2029. A related tax-year reference changes from 2020 alone to 2020 or 2025. The supplied text does not establish whether these changes increase or decrease a corporation's taxes.

Lodging taxes fund economic development grants

A separate 1.0% tax applies to vendors' transient lodging receipts for charges made April 1, 2023–September 30, 2027. Beginning October 1, 2025, specified lodging receipts fund the Economic Development Special Account. The account receives $10.466 million in fiscal year 2026 and $6.14 million in fiscal year 2027; remaining specified receipts go to local funds. Starting October 1, 2025, the law earmarks $2.451 million of the account's fiscal year 2026 revenue for authorized economic development grants.

Sports fee revenue shifts toward infrastructure

The sports facilities fee remains based on prior-year District gross receipts and is due June 15. Its specified revenue limit changes from $14 million to annual debt service. Receipts go to the Ballpark Revenue Fund until the specified bonds' principal and interest are paid, then to the RFK Campus Infrastructure Fund. The law retains the first $32.92 million of excess for fiscal year 2026 but removes listed first-excess amounts for 2027 and 2028. It does not provide a new fee rate or an individual payer's cost.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Phil Mendelson
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 13 • No: 0

House vote • 11/4/2025

Final Reading, CC