# District of Columbia B26-0660: Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2026 District of Columbia B26-0660, Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2026, is a Council Period 26 (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status became law, last action 2026-08-07 (Act A26-0378 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 011097, Expires on Oct 27, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0660-26 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: District of Columbia B26-0660 - State: District of Columbia - Session: Council Period 26 (2025-2026) - Title: Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Emergency Act of 2026 - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-14 - Last action: 2026-08-07, Act A26-0378 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 011097, Expires on Oct 27, 2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (13 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 49 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Charter schools get funding and advances: benefit, high. Charter schools receive about $1.464 billion in local funding, paid quarterly; the first payment is due within 15 days of the fiscal year's start. Of available funds, $230,000 goes to the Chief Financial Officer's office, and charter-school oversight receives about $16.809 million. Allocations not… - Public schools get funding and advances: benefit, high. District public schools receive about $1.509 billion, including a requested $17.5 million federal school-improvement payment. That federal amount adjusts to what Congress provides for fiscal year 2027. On July 1, 2027, schools receive an advance equal to 10% of their adopted 2028 local funding. The… - Funding keeps District government operations running: benefit, high. The law provides about $1.261 billion for District government direction and support through September 30, 2027. Funding includes about $1.026 billion in local money, $42.939 million in federal grants, and $190.961 million in other funds. It also includes $220,000 in dedicated taxes and $918,336 in… - District funds utilities and benefit accounts: benefit, high. District enterprise accounts receive about $2.337 billion: $2.204 billion from enterprise and other funds, plus $133.061 million in dedicated taxes. Allocations include $844.105 million for water and sewer, $123.972 million for the Washington Aqueduct, and $3.75 million for green finance. Benefit-r… - Funding for corrections and youth rehabilitation: benefit, medium. The law provides about $230.4 million for Corrections and $102.5 million in local funds for Youth Rehabilitation Services. Fiscal year 2027 deposits in three corrections funds remain available through September 30, 2027. These are the Correction Reimbursement-Juveniles, Department of Corrections Re… - Funding for District emergency response services: benefit, medium. For fiscal year 2027, the law provides about $402.6 million for fire and emergency medical services. It also provides about $101 million for homeland security, $60.2 million for emergency communications, and $23.8 million for the National Guard. The Guard's federal funding adjusts to Congress's act… - Funding for District police and investigations: benefit, medium. The law provides about $687.9 million for police, $28.9 million for forensic sciences, and $16.3 million for medical examiner services. Fiscal year 2027 deposits in police asset-forfeiture and general-purpose funds remain available through September 30, 2027. The same deadline applies to fiscal yea… - Funding for police and firefighter pensions: benefit, medium. The law provides $143.966 million in local funds for the District's Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement System. This funding supports the pension system. It does not change individual pension amounts, eligibility, or payment rules. - Funding for victims and neighborhood safety: benefit, medium. The law provides about $109.8 million for Victim Services and Justice Grants and $22.8 million for Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. Crime Victims Assistance and Neighborhood Safety and Engagement fund deposits from any year remain available through September 30, 2027. Fiscal year 2027 deposits i… - District restores reserves from excess revenue: benefit, medium. The first $150 million in qualifying excess 2026 local funds restores the Fiscal Stabilization Reserve after earlier transfers. Excess is measured against the February 27, 2026 revenue estimate, specified budget-support revenue, and authorized transfers. June, September, or December 2026 revenue ce… - Funding for District development and redevelopment: benefit, medium. The law provides about $546.7 million for economic development and regulation through September 30, 2027. Sources include about $358 million local, $49.8 million dedicated taxes, $42.2 million federal grants, $58.2 million other funds, and $38.5 million other federal funds. The Deputy Mayor for Pla… - Housing authority and housing funds continue: benefit, medium. The District provides about $213.820 million in local funds to the Housing Authority. Housing Production Trust Fund deposits from any fiscal year remain available through September 30, 2027. These provisions fund housing programs but do not set household payments or new eligibility rules. - District funds workforce programs for job seekers: benefit, medium. The law provides $105.38475 million in local money to the District’s Workforce Investment Account. This funds the account and its workforce programs. The provision does not set participant eligibility rules or individual assistance amounts. - District university keeps funds and advances: benefit, medium. The University of the District of Columbia's roughly $206.441 million appropriation remains available through September 30, 2027, without returning to the General Fund. Higher Education Incentive Program deposits from any fiscal year also remain available through that date. On July 1, 2027, the uni… - Employment services keep funding for workers: benefit, medium. Employment Services receives about $183.605 million and can provide participants food, non-alcoholic drinks, and incentives as District or federal law allows. Employees can also receive food and non-alcoholic drinks as those laws allow. Deposits from any fiscal year remain available through Septemb… - District funds refunds and legal payments: benefit, low. The District provides about $25.344 million in local funds for refunds, legal settlements, and judgments against its government. Additional District money can be used as necessary to make those payments. The law does not set any recipient's payment amount. - Food and lodging for program travelers: benefit, low. Through September 30, 2027, the Mayor can use appropriated local and other funds for eligible program travelers' food and lodging. Participants must travel overnight outside the District as part of a District government program. Their parents or guardians can also receive this help. Costs cannot ex… - Paid leave funds stay available for workers: benefit, low. The District keeps Universal Paid Leave Fund money available through September 30, 2027, regardless of the budget year deposited. This supports the paid leave program. The provision does not change who qualifies or set individual benefit amounts. - Housing assistance funds stay available: benefit, low. Reverse Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention and Public Housing Credit-Building Pilot funds remain available through September 30, 2027, regardless of budget year. Deposits made during 2027 into the housing department's Unified Fund and Home Purchase Assistance Fund also remain available through that da… - Adult learners keep transit subsidy funding: benefit, low. Funds budgeted for the adult learner transit subsidy program remain available through September 30, 2027. This applies regardless of the year the money was budgeted. The law does not change eligibility or state a subsidy amount. - Emergency workers can receive meals: benefit, low. The Mayor can provide food and drinks to District employees deployed in response to or during a declared snow or other emergency. Costs cannot exceed $30 per employee per day. This authority runs through September 30, 2027. - Small business funds stay available longer: benefit, low. The law provides $24.844774 million to the District’s Department of Small and Local Business Development. Five funds remain available through September 30, 2027, regardless of the budget year deposited. They cover Art All Night, Small Business Capital Access, Small Business Licensing Fee Reimbursem… - Funding for civil legal assistance programs: benefit, low. The law makes about $31.8 million available for a grant to the District of Columbia Bar Foundation. The grant supports the Access to Justice Initiative. It covers the Grants Program, Poverty Lawyer Loan Repayment Assistance Program, and Civil Legal Counsel Projects Program. Funds remain available r… - Funding for District parks and recreation: benefit, low. The law provides about $78 million for the Department of Parks and Recreation. Fiscal year 2027 deposits in the Parks and Recreation Fund remain available through September 30, 2027. Fund spending is limited to the purposes set by the Recreation Act of 1994. The appropriation supports recreation se… - Funding for hearings and human rights: benefit, low. The law provides about $13.5 million for Administrative Hearings, including $300,000 from Medicaid payments. It also provides about $9.7 million for the Office of Human Rights. This money funds office operations. These appropriations do not create new Medicaid benefits, change Medicaid eligibility,… - Funding for judicial commissions and oversight: benefit, low. The law provides about $1.244 million for the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, including $598,000 in requested federal payments. It provides $437,355 for the Judicial Nomination Commission, including $350,000 in requested federal payments. Each commission's federal payment adjusts up… - Funding for justice coordination and accountability: benefit, low. The law provides about $14.2 million in local funds for the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. Local funding also includes about $3.295 million for Police Complaints and $1.141 million for the Corrections Information Council. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council receives about $4.858… - Home security funding for Council members: benefit, low. The law makes up to $390,000 of the Council's budget available for security checks and upgrades at Councilmembers' permanent homes. This authority runs through September 30, 2027. Assessment spending is capped at $260,000 per residence, and upgrades are capped at $10,000 per Councilmember. Spending… - Library funding stays available for services: benefit, low. The law provides about $87 million for the District's Public Library. Up to $8,500 in local funds covers the Chief Librarian's official reception, representation, and related legally allowed expenses. Deposits from any year in five library funds remain available until spent. These are Books From Bi… - Renewable energy grants get longer spending time: benefit, low. The District can commit available Renewable Energy Development Fund balances to grant awards during fiscal year 2027. Money committed under those awards remains available for spending through September 30, 2030. The provision does not name recipients, set grant amounts, or provide a direct househol… - Human support funds stay available longer: benefit, low. District agencies can spend deposits in specified human-support special funds through September 30, 2027. Some funds can use deposits from any fiscal year. Others can use only fiscal year 2027 deposits. This preserves agency spending authority without setting funding amounts or changing individual… - Tenant advocacy and rental oversight funded: benefit, low. The Office of the Tenant Advocate receives about $4.725 million, and the Rental Housing Commission receives about $1.220 million. Rental Unit Fee Fund deposits made during 2027 remain available through September 30, 2027. These provisions support tenant advocacy and rental oversight without changin… - Special education transportation gets early funding: benefit, low. On July 1, 2027, Special Education Transportation receives an advance equal to 10% of its adopted 2028 local funding. This counts toward final 2028 funding, rather than adding money. The agency can also fund incentives to reduce routes serving two or fewer students when necessary. The law does not… - Dedicated taxes fund District bond repayments: benefit, low. The District provides about $2.260 million from dedicated taxes to repay revenue bonds. This funds debt payments; it does not establish a new household tax or payment. - District can pay contract exit costs: benefit, low. The law allows available local funds to pay termination costs for qualifying multiyear infrastructure contracts entered during the fiscal year. Those projects must use the Public-Private Partnership Act of 2014. It also funds termination, transfer, or ownership-change costs for multiyear energy con… - District development funds remain available: benefit, low. Business Improvement District transfers receive $43.23 million through September 30, 2027; transfer authority can rise to cover all dedicated revenue above budget. Deposits from any fiscal year remain available through that date in the Economic Development Special Account, Industrial Revenue Bond A… - District transportation agreements on park land: benefit, low. During fiscal year 2027, the District can make annual or multiyear transportation agreements with the National Park Service. Agreements must cover District transportation infrastructure and related features on National Park Service land within the District. They can cover planning, design, construc… - Excess revenue supports housing and jobs: benefit, low. After reserve restoration, the law adds up to $50 million when certified 2027 local revenue exceeds appropriated amounts. By October 1, 2026, money goes in order: $9 million to the Housing Authority, $3 million to Emergency Rental Assistance, $2 million to Credible Messengers, and $36 million to wo… - Film and entertainment funds stay available: benefit, low. Film, Television and Entertainment Rebate Fund deposits from any fiscal year remain available through September 30, 2027. The cable, film, music, and entertainment office's Special Account also remains available through that date for 2027 deposits. The law does not state amounts or rebate terms. - Funding for arts and entertainment programs: benefit, low. The law provides about $47.6 million for the Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Available Arts and Humanities Fund balances can be committed to grant awards through September 30, 2030. Money committed to those awards remains available to spend through that date. The law also provides about $12.… - Recovered revenue pays qualifying vendor fees: benefit, low. The law provides local funds as needed to pay qualifying vendor fees, including legal fees, regardless of fiscal year. Fees must be obligated during the fiscal year under a District contract. The contract must base fees on revenue the vendor recovers from third parties and require payment from that… - Transit improvement money stays available: benefit, low. Existing and future deposits into the Washington-area transit system's Dedicated Financing Fund are appropriated for capital improvements. The money does not return to the District's General Fund and remains available until spent on those improvements. The law states no fixed amount or fare change. - Utility payments fund buried electric lines: benefit, low. Payments from Potomac Electric Power Company and related entities, plus interest, fund District transportation costs for burying electric distribution lines. Covered work includes design, construction, acquisition, and installation of equipment and infrastructure for company use and ownership. Exis… - Funding for zoning and property appeals: benefit, low. The law provides about $4.210 million in local funds for the Office of Zoning. It also provides about $2.009 million for the Real Property Tax Appeals Commission. The money supports these offices. These appropriations do not change zoning rules, property tax rates, appeal eligibility, or household… - Planning and homeowner grant funds continue: benefit, low. The Office of Planning receives about $12.124 million. Its 2027 deposits into the Targeted Homeowner Grant Fund and two historic landmark and district protection funds remain available through September 30, 2027. Those protection funds are the Local and O-Type accounts. The law does not set homeown… - Nonresident university students face subsidy limits: cost, medium. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, District university funds cannot subsidize nonresident students unless its Board adopts qualifying tuition rates. Nonresident tuition must be at least as high as rates at comparable public colleges in the metropolitan area. The law sets no specific tui… - Charter schools must pay audit costs: cost, low. Each District public charter school must pay for its own annual financial audit. The law does not set the audit price. The requirement falls on schools, not directly on families. - Capital projects grow; transportation funds canceled: mixed, high. The law adds a net $3.507739 billion for District capital construction and cancels $14.104 million in local transportation funds. Funding sources are $2.584694 billion local, $803.131 million federal Highway Trust Fund, $101.876 million District Highway Trust Fund, and $32.144 million federal. Proj… - District budget funds services with limits: mixed, high. The law authorizes about $21.876 billion for District operating costs in fiscal year 2027, through September 30, 2027. Operating appropriations cannot exceed that year's District revenues. Sources include $12.242 billion in local funds, $782.455 million in dedicated taxes, $1.355 billion in federal… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Phil Mendelson (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-06-23 | House | Final Reading | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (10) - 2026-08-07: Act A26-0378 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 011097, Expires on Oct 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-07-29: Enacted without Mayor's Signature with Act Number A26-0378, Expires on Oct 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-07-28: Returned from Mayor (House) - 2026-07-14: Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Jul 28, 2026 (House) - 2026-06-23: Legislative Meeting (House) - 2026-05-13: Public Hearing on B26-0660 (House) - 2026-04-24: Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register (House) - 2026-04-21: Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-04-21: Retained by the Council with comments from the Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-04-14: B26-0660 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary (House) ## Bill text - Enrollment, 2026-06-23: [PDF](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61625/Meeting1/Enrollment/B26-0660-Enrollment2.pdf?Id=243050) - Introduced, 2026-04-14: [PDF](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61625/Introduction/B26-0660-Introduction.pdf?Id=236274) ## Related bills - B26-0047: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025 (signed) - B26-0785: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Rental Vehicle Sales Tax Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0663: Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0181: Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Amendment Act of 2025 (signed) - B26-0735: Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Temporary Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0760: Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) ## Sources - [Enrollment (PDF)](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61625/Meeting1/Enrollment/B26-0660-Enrollment2.pdf?Id=243050) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61625/Introduction/B26-0660-Introduction.pdf?Id=236274) ## Related - [B26-0047: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0047-26) - [B26-0785: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Rental Vehicle Sales Tax Clarification Emergency Amend…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0785-26) - [B26-0663: Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0663-26) - [B26-0181: Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Amendment Act…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0181-26) - [B26-0735: Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Correcti…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0735-26) - [B26-0760: Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarificati…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0760-26) - [District of Columbia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/district-of-columbia/bills) - [District of Columbia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/district-of-columbia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0660-26 (as of 2026-11-04).