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Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Support Act of 2026
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212 provisions identified: 126 benefits, 45 costs, 41 mixed.
Adults regain Alliance care for one year
From October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, the Mayor must restore medical services for Alliance enrollees age 21 or older. The restored services are those the program provided before October 1, 2025. Non-emergency medical transportation is not included.
Families keep more assigned child support
Families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families get the first $200 of assigned current child support paid each month. That reaches $2,400 yearly when at least $200 is paid each month. Beginning July 1, 2027, eligible current or former recipients also get the first $200 of each assigned arrears payment. Both rules apply to child support paid to the District under an assignment, not guaranteed payments without collections.
Pregnant people gain access to cash aid
Beginning October 1, 2026, pregnant people can qualify for TANF during their second or third trimester. The pregnancy must be medically certified, and applicants must meet other generally applicable TANF requirements. The Mayor must provide written information and referrals for prenatal care and nutrition supplements. The law does not set a new benefit amount for these applicants.
Housing fund reserves low-income rental units
Each fiscal year, new Housing Production Trust Fund projects must reserve units across the funded projects, not necessarily project by project. At least 40% must serve very low-income households, and at least 50% must serve extremely low-income households. Otherwise eligible people previously incarcerated for or convicted of state or federal felonies are included in the very low-income category. The Mayor can request a waiver when compliance is not feasible. Council approval is required within 30 days; no action means denial.
Selected high school students receive cash
During school year 2027–2028, students assigned to the pilot's stipend group receive $50 weekly for 40 weeks, totaling $2,000. Participating public or charter high schools must primarily serve ages 14–18 and have more than 60% at-risk enrollment. Students must attend a participating school and have parent or guardian consent; control-group students do not receive the stipend. The education agency must hire an experienced cash-transfer evaluator by May 1, 2027. Preliminary results are due March 31, 2028, and a public final evaluation is due September 30, 2028.
Estates and trusts get business credit
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, resident estates and trusts can claim a nonrefundable District income tax credit. Their adjusted gross income must include qualifying unincorporated business income or S corporation income. The credit equals the smaller of their share of franchise taxes paid or their District income tax bill. The business must file its franchise tax return and pay all taxes due.
New deductions for workers and seniors
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, the District allows deductions for qualified tips and qualified overtime pay. It also allows personal car-loan interest and the enhanced senior deduction. Taxpayers must qualify under the matching federal tax provision. These deductions do not apply to tax years beginning before January 1, 2026. The supplied text does not provide deduction amounts or detailed federal eligibility rules.
Residents get home charging equipment credit
For tax years 2027 through 2036, District residents owning or leasing a qualified private home can claim an alternative-fuel equipment credit. Equipment must be installed at their District dwelling and provide electricity through a vehicle-charging station or use hydrogen. The credit covers 50% of directly related equipment and installation labor costs, capped at $1,000 per vehicle-charging station. Buying or building real property or a structure does not qualify. The credit is nonrefundable, limited to tax owed, and unused amounts can carry forward up to two tax years.
Set standard deductions for District taxpayers
For 2025, nonitemizers get a basic deduction of $15,000 for single or married-separate returns. The amount is $22,500 for heads of household and $30,000 for joint, combined, or surviving-spouse returns. From 2026 through 2029, the basic amounts adjust annually for living costs, rounded down to the next $50. They are combined with the federal additional standard deduction. After 2029, federal law sets the deduction amount.
Business owners get franchise tax credit
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, individuals with qualifying unincorporated-business or S corporation income can claim a District income tax credit. Their adjusted gross income must include the qualifying share of business income. The credit equals the lower of their share of franchise taxes actually paid or their District income tax bill. It is nonrefundable, and the business must file its franchise return and pay all taxes due.
Businesses can deduct uncompensated losses
Businesses can deduct qualifying losses sustained during the tax year. The losses must be deductible under federal Section 165. Insurance or other compensation cannot have covered the claimed losses. The deduction reduces taxable income by the otherwise allowed loss.
Food vendors get cleaner generator credit
For tax years 2026 through 2035, eligible mobile food vendors get a credit for replacing polluting generators with battery-powered or zero-emissions generators. It covers 50% of directly related equipment and labor costs, up to $15,000 per replaced generator. Vendors must be District-licensed to sell food or beverages from mobile units on public space; generators must power food preparation or service. Individual claimants must operate a District-licensed vehicle, and their related District business must have gross income no greater than $12,000 that year. Individual credits are nonrefundable, claimed in equal thirds over three tax years, and unused amounts can carry forward up to two tax years.
Lobbyists pay higher fees and penalties
Lobbyist registration costs $500, up from $350. Lobbyists for qualifying 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) nonprofits pay $250, up from $100. The specified lobbying penalty rises from $100 to $200 daily for up to 60 days. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays count toward the penalty period. The maximum penalty is $12,000.
District-funded cash aid ends for recipients
Assistance units receiving TANF benefits under section 511a(a-1) keep 100% of their fiscal year 2026 District-funded amount in fiscal year 2027. Beginning October 1, 2027, that District-funded amount becomes $0 for fiscal year 2028 and later years. This rule concerns the specified District-funded assistance, not all TANF benefits.
Most adults lose Alliance health coverage
Beginning October 1, 2027, District residents age 21 or older generally cannot apply for or remain in Healthcare Alliance. The law requires their exit from the program. People described in the exception at 22-B DCMR § 3300.4 are exempt.
District can acquire three O Street lots
The Mayor may use eminent domain to acquire lots 5542S-0030, 5542S-0031, and 5542S-0043. Acquisition must serve the public purposes identified in section 2072. The Mayor must follow the District's eminent-domain procedures. The provision does not state compensation amounts or effects on nearby households.
Business owners must restore tax deductions
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2025, some business owners must add taxes back to District taxable income. This applies when they claim a District credit for taxes paid to another state, territory, possession, or political subdivision. They must add back their share of pass-through business taxes deducted in calculating federal taxable income. The amount added back can raise their District tax bill.
High earners lose some tax deductions
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, the law reduces some District itemized deductions for high earners. The reduction equals 5% of District adjusted gross income above $200,000, or $100,000 for married people filing separately. It applies after other deduction limits. Specified medical, dental, investment-interest, casualty, theft, and gambling-loss deductions are excluded. Estates and trusts are exempt from this limit.
Investors must report excluded stock gains
Individuals, estates, and trusts must add certain federally excluded small-business stock gains to District gross income. This applies to gains excluded under federal section 1202(a), from sales or exchanges on or after December 3, 2025. The rule covers tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, and ending before January 1, 2026.
Smaller earned income credit for families
Eligible District taxpayers with a qualifying child get a credit based on their federal Earned Income Tax Credit. For a full calendar or fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, the District credit equals 100% of the federal credit. For full years beginning after December 31, 2025, and before January 1, 2029, it equals 85%. That is 15% less than the District credit at the 2025 rate for the same federal credit amount.
Businesses must spread research tax deductions
For tax years beginning in 2022 through 2027, businesses must spread covered domestic research costs over five years. Deductions start at the midpoint of the year the costs are paid or incurred. The rule covers research or experimental spending under federal Section 174A. Businesses cannot use either specified federal transition election to amend returns or choose transition treatment.
Campaign candidates face repayment with limited relief
Fair Elections Program candidates are personally liable for spent base and matching payments after certification is revoked on specified grounds, including fraud. Liability applies under the listed statutory grounds, not every revocation. The Campaign Finance Board may reduce or waive repayment when a candidate quits for good cause beyond their control. Poor polling, weak fundraising, and low chances of winning do not qualify. Candidates seeking relief must provide supporting documents.
District deduction choices follow federal returns
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, individuals generally must match their federal choice to itemize or take the standard deduction. Estates and trusts can claim itemized deductions. District itemized deductions generally follow federal rules but exclude income and franchise taxes, S corporation income deductions, and qualified business income deductions. The federal state-and-local-tax cap does not limit otherwise allowed District or local tax deductions. If one spouse or registered domestic partner itemizes on a separate return, neither can take the standard deduction.
Different interest deduction rules for businesses
For tax years beginning in 2025 through 2029, the District uses its own calculation for limited business interest deductions. It follows federal Section 163(j)(8)(A) but excludes clause (v) when calculating adjusted taxable income. It also does not apply the federal definition of floor plan financing interest. Allowed deductions can differ from federal amounts; the effect depends on each business's income and interest costs.
Low-cost veterinary care for qualifying pet owners
The Mayor must provide an animal health and education program with low-cost or no-cost veterinary services. Services include preventive care, emergency care, and spay and neuter clinics. The Mayor may set eligibility standards for animal care services. The program also teaches pet care, safety, emergency response, and District pet-ownership laws.
Dedicated funding for residents' HIV care
The AIDS Drug Assistance Program Fund supports HIV medicines, care, and services for eligible District residents, plus federal grant matching. It receives drug rebates, insurance refunds, and excess premium tax credits recovered from participants. Unspent money stays in the fund. The former Communicable and Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment Fund's September 30, 2026, balance moves into this fund.
Extra revenue can support childcare subsidies
For fiscal years 2028–2030, the first $40 million in qualifying extra revenue goes to childcare subsidies. The Office of the State Superintendent of Education receives the money. The trigger uses June, September, or December 2026 revenue estimates for those years. Certified local recurring revenue must exceed the annual estimate in the approved fiscal year 2027 budget and financial plan. The law sets no per-family payment or new eligibility rule here.
Paid leave limits change for workers
For Universal Paid Leave claims filed October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2030, parental leave has a 12-week maximum. Family leave has a 6-week maximum, medical leave 10 weeks, and prenatal leave 2 weeks. These limits apply within a 52-workweek period to eligible workers with covered leave reasons. For claims filed on or after October 1, 2030, parental, family, and medical leave maximums are each 12 weeks. Prenatal leave remains at 2 weeks.
POWER recipients gain job and childcare help
POWER beneficiaries qualify for the same supportive services as TANF beneficiaries, to the same extent. These include job and education help, child care subsidies, transportation, behavioral health and substance abuse support, and TANF tuition assistance. Eligibility continues without interruption when beneficiaries choose to begin or end POWER enrollment.
Residents gain prescription drug discount access
The Mayor must establish ArrayRx DC through cooperative purchasing, and the Department of Health must implement it for District residents. The program provides access to lower-cost prescriptions at participating pharmacies. Critical access pharmacies can qualify for higher reimbursement in areas with limited pharmacy access. Generally, their owner can own no more than three District pharmacies, and they must dispense on-site to the public. The Mayor can waive designation criteria after weighing local pharmacy access needs.
Residents get voluntary crisis stabilization services
By October 1, 2026, the Department of Behavioral Health must award one-year contracts to two nongovernmental crisis-service providers. Services must be voluntary, non-coercive, trauma-informed, culturally competent, home-like, and coordinated with the District crisis system. They prioritize alternatives to emergency rooms, inpatient hospitals, and the criminal legal system. Providers must be Department-certified and have at least five years each in qualifying adult residential crisis services and crisis assessment, planning, and referrals.
Weekly benefit cap for paid leave
Beginning October 1, 2026, the maximum Universal Paid Leave benefit is $1,100 per week. This is a cap, not a guaranteed payment for every qualifying claim. Each following October 1, the cap rises with any prior-year annual average increase in the Washington-Baltimore consumer price index. Increases are rounded to the nearest dollar. Each increase requires the Chief Financial Officer to certify that the fund has enough money.
Youth get mobile mental health help
Beginning October 1, 2026, the new youth mobile psychiatric crisis program serves ages 6 through 24. Services include crisis assessment, intervention, follow-up, and referrals, with priority on avoiding emergency rooms, hospitalization, and law enforcement. The Department of Behavioral Health must award a one-year operating contract by that date. The contractor must be certified, meet staffing and coordination requirements, and have five years of youth crisis-response experience. It must also have held a prior local, state, or federal agency contract.
Aston shelter must preserve housing capacity
The Mayor cannot cap the Aston shelter at 1129 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, below capacity for 190 people. DHS can adjust occupancy for individual housing or clinical needs, gender identity or expression, and appropriate shared placements, including families. It can also account for non-housing uses in place on May 1, 2026, when no alternative space is available. The capacity rule does not guarantee anyone a placement.
Backup rent help for voucher households
In fiscal year 2027, losing Emergency Housing Voucher aid because funding runs out counts as an emergency situation. Subject to specified excess local funds, the Housing Authority must continue at-risk households' subsidies at their existing amounts. Households enroll automatically after written notice unless they opt out; local aid ends September 30, 2027, or can switch back to available federal funding. Beginning June 29, 2026, up to the first $9 million of qualifying excess funds must support this program if the federal voucher program expires. Allocation is due October 1, 2026, after fiscal years 2026 and 2027 reserve deposits, using excess funds certified in June or September 2026 revenue estimates.
More housing vouchers for District families
In fiscal year 2027, DHS must refer 26 Family Re-Housing Stabilization Program families for exclusive access to apply for 26 new rent vouchers. Their income must be at or below 30% of area median family income. Priority considers children's ages, adults' income prospects, and whether families can safely manage without ongoing case support; referrals do not guarantee awards. Separately, DHS must match 190 families to 45 permanent supportive housing vouchers, 100 targeted affordable housing vouchers, and 45 Flexible Rent Subsidy Pilot subsidies. Vacated permanent supportive or targeted affordable housing vouchers must be matched within 60 days after permanent departure, with no appeal or review pending.
Voucher households keep domestic violence services
During fiscal year 2027, DHS must continue domestic violence services for covered Emergency Housing Voucher households and their successors. Coverage requires holding a voucher and receiving DHS domestic violence services when the specified emergency act took effect. Services continue while households participate in that voucher program or a successor housing subsidy program. DHS cannot move these households to its general permanent supportive housing case management program during that year.
Early educators get pay-floor protections
Contracted child development facilities must use Pay Equity Fund money paid October 1, 2025–September 30, 2027, for minimum teacher salaries. The salary tables apply to assistant and lead teachers from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027. After childcare subsidy funding, the next $62 million in qualifying extra recurring revenue supports educator pay equity for fiscal years 2028–2030. Funding requires those years' revenue estimates, certified in June, September, or December 2026, to exceed the approved fiscal year 2027 financial plan. The provided text does not give salary-table amounts or individual payments.
District teachers get classroom expense deductions
Eligible District public and public charter school classroom teachers can deduct up to $500 yearly for necessary classroom materials and supplies. They can also deduct up to $1,500 for qualifying postgraduate education, professional development, or licensing expenses. Teachers must have taught for the entire filing year or preceding year and have District of Columbia Public Schools teaching approval. Education expenses must improve credentials or maintain certification, and the same expenses cannot also reduce federal adjusted gross income. These are deductions from income, not dollar-for-dollar tax credits.
Grants support two local business corridors
In fiscal year 2027, Georgia Avenue NW businesses and property owners receive $400,000 total for rent, operating costs, or improvements. The covered stretch runs from Rock Creek Church Road NW to Florida Avenue NW. The competitive Rhode Island Avenue program runs in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. In 2027, it awards at least $200,000 to eligible businesses and owners, plus at least $200,000 to an eligible neighborhood group. Rhode Island Avenue owners must lease or market space to eligible businesses at reasonable local rates. Neighborhood groups must be main street or civic organizations serving the corridor, support eligible businesses and owners, and meet agency good-standing requirements. Their proposals must help attract a grocer, improve direction signs, or beautify the corridor; individual awards are not guaranteed.
Improvement grants for 12th Street businesses
A competitive program awards at least $200,000 in fiscal year 2027 for the 12th and Monroe Streets, NE, Retail Zone. Businesses must have fewer than 30 full-time employees, be District-registered and in required agency good standing, and offer community-building activities or services that attract foot traffic. They must have or plan a lease lasting at least two years; existing leases need six months remaining at application closing, excluding options. Grants support tenant or public-space improvements; property-owner grants must pass a benefit worth at least the award to the eligible business. Owners cannot be beneficial owners of that business; qualifying neighborhood groups can fund coordinated façade or subsidized façade and interior improvements, and annual business or owner payments require proof of continued leasing.
Excess revenue restores District stabilization reserves
Beginning June 29, 2026, the first $150 million in qualifying fiscal year 2026 excess local funds must restore the stabilization reserve. If those funds fall short, qualifying fiscal year 2027 excess funds must fill the gap up to $150 million. Fiscal year 2026 revenue must exceed the February 27, 2026 estimate plus specified budget-support revenue and transfers. Fiscal year 2027 revenue must exceed appropriated resources, excluding the 'Appropriation for Additional Resources' heading. Qualification uses revenues certified in the June, September, or December 2026 quarterly estimates.
Schools receive qualifying extra revenue
The law directs remaining qualifying extra recurring revenue for fiscal years 2028–2030 to the public school per-student funding formula. The allocation is capped at $187 million and comes after the earlier listed allocations. Funding requires those years' revenue estimates, certified in June, September, or December 2026, to exceed the approved fiscal year 2027 financial plan. No per-student increase is specified.
District workers face leave repayment duties
Non-probationary District workers using paid parental, family, or medical leave must agree to serve eight weeks after returning. Workers who voluntarily leave in violation of that agreement owe the salary paid during leave. Probationary workers also owe leave-period salary when they voluntarily leave in violation of a one-year service agreement. The District can treat some or all of either debt as an erroneous payment.
Income limits for District Alliance coverage
DC Healthcare Alliance applicants must have household income at or below 133% of the federal poverty level. They generally cannot be eligible for or enrolled in Medicare, CHIP, or Medicaid. Medicaid payments for emergency medical conditions are allowed. Applicants also cannot be enrolled in other third-party insurance that meets minimum essential coverage requirements.
Low reserves trigger paid leave stoppages
The Universal Paid Leave Fund must maintain money equal to at least six months of benefits. If its balance falls below three months of benefits, the District must immediately stop benefit payments. Payments cannot resume until the balance reaches nine months of benefits.
Shorter paid leave for District employees
District government employees receive 2 workweeks instead of 8 under the specified paid-leave provision. That cuts the covered leave period by 6 workweeks. The provided text does not identify a pay-rate change or apply this cut to all paid-leave programs.
Charitable deductions added back for nonitemizers
For tax years beginning in 2025 through 2029, nonitemizers must add back amounts deducted or excluded under federal law's Section 170(p). This charitable-giving rule applies to individuals, estates, and trusts. The amounts count as District gross income, which can raise District tax.
Filers lose personal and dependent tax breaks
Beginning January 1, 2025, the District repeals the specified personal exemptions and dependent credits. Filers who claimed these benefits lose them. The law also removes their reference from the related tax calculation rule. The supplied text does not give the lost benefit amounts.
Owners must repay improper housing tax benefits
Property owners must repay housing tax benefits received during periods when they were ineligible, plus interest. The District must assess and collect these amounts after a termination letter reaches the Office of Tax and Revenue. Recovered money goes to the District General Fund.
Tighter tax breaks for opportunity investors
Money invested in a Qualified Opportunity Fund after December 31, 2026, qualifies for two tax breaks only through eligible funds. The fund must meet the District criteria in D.C. Code § 47-1803.03(a)(20)(D). A five-year investment qualifies for a 10% increase in its tax basis. Holding the investment for at least 10 years qualifies for the capital-gains tax break. Investors in funds that fail the District test cannot claim these benefits.
New collection window for child support
Covered past-due child support judgments no longer face the usual 12-year enforcement limit. They remain enforceable for five years after the youngest child covered by the order is emancipated. Time when enforcement is legally paused does not count toward those five years. This applies to support orders in cases filed 120 days after the Child Support Improvement Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 takes effect.
District employees face new leave rules
District government employees need at least 180 days of service without a break before taking qualifying family or medical leave. Temporary employees appointed for fewer than 90 days and employees with intermittent employment are excluded. The definition otherwise includes independent-agency employees. Spouses and domestic partners expressly qualify as family members for paid family leave.
Exit timing for housing aid appeals
The law sets exit dates for Rapid Re-Housing clients who kept services while appealing time-limit exit notices issued before September 3, 2025. Their exit date is 24 months in the program or September 30, 2025, whichever is later. However, an earlier administrative review upholding the notice requires exit on the decision date.
Absent students face new referral rules
For school year 2026–2027, the Mayor must select at least 10 schools serving grades 6–12, including one middle school. Selected schools must have had truancy rates above 30% in school year 2025–2026. Within two school days, schools must refer ages 14–17 after 15 unexcused full-day absences, and ages 10–13 after 10. Human Services must refer younger students to child services when parents decline help or fail to respond within 10 business days. Participating schools are exempt from the specified attendance requirement for participating students ages 14–17.
Grant terms protect domestic violence services
The District Department cannot require federally funded domestic violence providers or their clients to act against the providers' federal grant terms. This includes conditions for keeping or renewing the grants. When developing provider rules, the Department must try to avoid conflicts with federal domestic violence grant law.
More legal awards use restitution fund
The Attorney General’s Restitution Fund can handle more kinds of monetary relief for people and organizations. These include restitution, repayment of improper gains, damages, and other money the District must distribute. The fund can also cover distribution costs. Payments must follow a court order, judgment, or settlement in an Attorney General action or investigation.
Free grocery delivery memberships for residents
The Department of Health provides at least 1,000 eligible District residents free grocery-delivery memberships in each of fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. At least half of participants must receive federal or local public assistance. Preference goes to applicants who both receive public assistance and live in a low food access area.
School staff gain small childcare centers
District public schools must study childcare microcenters by May 31, 2027 and identify at least three buildings by September 30, 2027. Schools must lease space to qualified operators for at least five years. Each licensed center serves no more than 12 infants and toddlers. Children of District-resident teachers and assistant teachers at the host school get first enrollment priority. Later priorities depend on staff role, work location, and residency; nearby schools are within two miles.
Extra funding for emergency rental help
The law allocates $3 million in one-time fiscal year 2027 excess local funds for Emergency Rental Assistance. Allocation to DHS is due by October 1, 2026, after required reserve deposits and the preceding housing-voucher allocation. Funds must be certified in the June or September 2026 revenue estimates, and both fiscal years' reserve requirements must be satisfied. The law does not set an amount per household.
Owners gain District-held deed release option
The law adds a release ground for deeds of trust held by the District government. Property owners with those deeds gain an added route to release under the statute. The change does not automatically release every District-held deed or erase other legal requirements.
Property owners get vacancy rule relief
A single-family or two-family building avoids vacant status while actively listed for sale or rent on an electronic multiple-listing service. Relief lasts no more than six months from the initial listing, offer, or advertisement. The building must meet maintenance requirements, and rentals must be properly licensed. The law also repeals the vacant-building registration fee, without repealing registration requirements here.
More transit help for adult learners
Eligible adult learners receive at least $100 in transit help per period, up from at least $70. That raises the minimum subsidy by $30 per period. The provided text does not state how long a period lasts or give further eligibility details.
Benefit households receive yearly tax-credit notices
The Mayor must send federal and District Earned Income Tax Credit information at least once each year. Recipients include household heads in TANF, POWER, SNAP, and the Family Re-Housing Stabilization Program. Adults receiving Medicaid or caring for a child receiving Medicaid also receive notices. Notices explain eligibility, maximum credits by family size, how to apply and receive monthly payments, and a phone number for help.
Investors get covered bond tax exemptions
The covered tax increment financing and municipal bonds are exempt from District taxation. The exemption also covers their interest, other income, and funds pledged or available to pay or secure them. Estate, inheritance, and gift taxes are not exempt.
Qualifying public parking avoids sales tax
Effective January 1, 2019, qualifying District public-space parking charges, including contractor transaction fees, are exempt from sales tax. Qualifying Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority parking is also exempt. Transit lots must be owned or operated by the authority and next to a passenger stop or station. The District is not a marketplace seller for Mayor-controlled public parking sold through a contracted marketplace.
Vehicle conversion credit lasts through 2035
The existing alternative-fuel vehicle conversion tax credit now runs through December 31, 2035, instead of December 31, 2026. Eligible individual, corporate, and unincorporated business taxpayers get more years to claim it. This provision does not change or state the credit amount or other eligibility rules.
Lower fees for selected corporate filings
Six specified corporate filing fees fall to $5 each. Filings formerly costing $220 now cost $215 less; filings formerly costing $80 now cost $75 less. The reductions apply to 17 DCMR sections 602.1(e), 603.1, 605.1(d), 607.1(f), 608.1(g), and 611.1(d). The law does not reduce every corporate filing fee or limit these savings to small businesses.
Relief for businesses hurt by construction
The Mayor can offer grants or interest-free loans from the Streetscape Business Development Relief Fund. Eligible applicants include District Main Streets groups and retail businesses harmed by qualifying projects within or next to their locations. Covered projects include specified District work and utility or private work under District permits, franchises, or authorization. Applicants must submit the Mayor's required application; awards and terms are at the Mayor's sole discretion. Loans remain repayable, and assistance terms cannot extend beyond five years after the project ends.
Stadium businesses get defined participation shares
The Stadium Project's commercial development uses special participation rules instead of the general equity and development requirements. The developer must require at least 20% equity and 20% development participation from certified business enterprises. Debt, mezzanine financing, and other equity contributions by limited or institutional investors are excluded from the equity calculation. No particular business is guaranteed a contract or investment.
Older business tax limits end
Two specified limits in District income and unincorporated business tax rules apply only to tax years beginning before January 1, 2026. The law also changes a return reference from an income or franchise tax return to an income tax return. The supplied text does not establish how much taxpayers save.
City plan addresses industrial land imbalance
The District’s 20-year comprehensive plan submitted in 2027 must address the unequal concentration of industrial land in communities. Required reforms cover land-use maps, plan elements, and policies. The law does not itself make specific zoning changes or set their start dates.
Extra revenue supports access to justice
After earlier listed allocations, the next $25 million in qualifying extra revenue goes to the Access to Justice Initiative. It covers FY2028 through FY2030 revenue certified in the June, September, or December 2026 estimates. That revenue must exceed the annual estimate included in the approved FY2027 budget and financial plan. The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants receives the funding; the law sets no individual payment.
Fee waivers for public restroom projects
The Mayor must waive permit fees for applications tied to the District public restroom facility program. The waiver includes application fees and public-space rental fees. It does not create a general fee waiver for unrelated projects.
Funding helps incoming mayor take office
The Mayor can provide free office space and supplies and cover specified costs for the 2026 mayoral transition. Payments cannot exceed $300,000 total. The recipient must be the certified winner, or the unofficial winner leading by at least 2% of votes cast. District employees cannot receive transition-staff pay. Other staff pay cannot exceed the maximum in the latest Council-approved non-union Excepted Service salary schedule.
Funding supports African American Civil War Museum
In fiscal year 2026, the Deputy Mayor must award $600,700 to the African American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation. The grant supports redevelopment and operation of the museum at 1925 Vermont Avenue NW. Beginning in fiscal year 2028, the District may award up to $250,000 annually for museum operations. These grants support the museum, not direct household payments.
Grant studies costs of greenhouse gases
The environment department must seek proposals by April 15, 2027, for a $200,000 greenhouse gas cost study grant. It must choose an organization with expertise in linking emissions to impacts by June 15, 2027. The study covers District emissions from 1995 through 2024. The recipient and department must report past and projected costs to the Mayor and relevant Council committee by June 15, 2028.
Grant supports LGBTQ community nonprofits
In fiscal year 2027, the Office of LGBTQ Affairs must award a $980,000 grant. The recipient must primarily fund the LGBTQ community and have a proven grantmaking and fundraising record. It must direct 90% of the grant to subgrants for nonprofits serving the community. It must also provide grantmaking, technical assistance, and organizational support. An annual audit and quarterly reports are required; the grant is not a direct household payment.
Grants support festivals and holiday parade
Events DC receives $1.5 million in FY2027 for an additional grant to a nonprofit producing official Cherry Blossom Festival events. It must match corporate donations raised by April 30, 2027, at $2 per $1, capped at $1.5 million. Events DC can also give an annual grant to the Martin Luther King Holiday DC Committee or its designated nonprofit successor or affiliate. That recipient must run the parade and apply for District permits or approvals. Parade funds can cover allowed event costs, but not the host’s expediting fees or penalties; no grant amount is set.
Grants support theater debt and music education
The Commission must grant Ford's Theatre $2 million to pay accrued debt. It must grant Levine Music $100,000 for accessible music education. These awards are additional to other grants the organizations can seek. They do not count in calculations or weighting for General Operating Support or other grant awards. The provision sets no payment date.
Local history nonprofits receive new grants
Events DC must award two additional $250,000 history grants in FY2027, totaling $500,000. One goes to a District nonprofit teaching history and culture, with emphasis on all eight wards. The other goes to a history nonprofit based in the Carnegie Library building. These grants are added to existing history education and research grants.
Matching donations support Woolly Mammoth Theatre
In fiscal year 2027, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company receives $1 for every $2 raised from nongovernmental sources, up to $500,000. It must submit a notarized, itemized donation list. Eligible donation periods are August 1–October 31, 2026; November 1, 2026–January 31, 2027; February 1–April 30, 2027; and May 1–July 31, 2027. Quarterly lump-sum payments are due December 31, 2026, February 28, 2027, May 31, 2027, and September 30, 2027. The matching grants are additional to other awards and do not count in their calculations.
Minimum funding for public safety grants
The law sets minimum awards for two Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice grant programs. One must award at least $410,030 in FY2026 and $700,000 in FY2027. The second must award at least $950,000 in FY2026 and $900,000 in FY2027. These totals fund grant recipients, not direct household payments.
Neighborhood commissions become easier to contact
Neighborhood commissions must publish phone numbers when commission money pays for the phone or its use. By October 1, 2027, the Office of Advisory Neighborhood Commissions must provide commissions with official websites. It must also provide technical help to maintain and update those websites.
New bins and neighborhood waste pilots
Qualifying school and parks renovation or modernization projects completed in FY2027 must get secure, rodent-resistant trash and recycling bins. General Services must install publicly accessible bins on-site and in adjoining public space. Public Works can buy waste containers directly for pilots, bypassing the usual procurement law. Pilots can test shared household waste collection, rodent control, dumping, cleanliness, and operating efficiency. Purchases are limited to 24 units per model, and this authority expires October 1, 2028.
New food policy office supports food access
The law establishes an Office of Food Policy within the District Department of Health. A Food Policy Director hired and employed by the Department leads it. The Office promotes fair, sustainable food policies to increase food access and build the local food economy. The provision does not create a household payment or set a funding amount.
New funding options for trails and recreation
The transportation department can issue grants supporting the DC Trail Rangers Program, including individual grants exceeding $1 million. The law sets no total appropriation or guaranteed award. The department can also arrange private sponsorships for facilities and improvements related to the Garfield Park Connector. These can include sports fields, courts, storage, vending facilities or venues, and art installations.
New grants support local go-go music
The law creates grants for District organizations preserving go-go music history and promoting it as an art form. The Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment runs the program. Awards require available funds and Council-approved rules, including rules deemed approved. Applications must receive objective, numerical scores under those rules.
New planning rules for public restrooms
The Director must submit proposed public restroom installation guidelines to the Public Space Committee. The deadline is one year after the Public Restrooms Program Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 takes effect. Guidelines must consider allowing facilities in curb lanes. The Committee must work toward standard site-selection and approval processes; the law does not require specific installations.
Park upgrades must include community facilities
District construction or demolition spending and specified permits at Langdon Park require a design with a multi-sport gym, including basketball. The design must also include a skate park with a 360-degree bowl. At Harry Thomas Recreation Center, spending and specified permits require better walking access across the campus and adjacent District-operated properties. Its design must include park-facing restrooms usable when the center is closed. The building must support public uses, including meetings, classes, and the longstanding kickboxing program.
Public restroom plans include ward locations
Subject to available funding, the responsible Director must designate initial public restroom locations. The plan includes three in Ward 1; two each in Wards 2, 5, and 6; and one each in Wards 7 and 8. The restroom contract must allow third-party sponsorships on facility exteriors. The law sets no sponsorship price.
Sponsorships can help fund Art All Night
The Department can sign written sponsorship and advertising agreements to support Art All Night. Contributions of money, goods, or services have no value cap, and donors need not live in the District. Cash goes into the Art All Night Fund for event implementation, support, and promotion. The Department must account for contributions and spending. Unspent balances stay in the fund; use of appropriated money across fiscal years requires an approved budget and financial plan.
Stormwater work receives dedicated local funding
The Enterprise Fund provides $4.426197 million directly to Public Works for FY2027 stormwater management. This includes street sweeping that supports compliance with the District’s stormwater discharge permit. Funding applies regardless of when activities first began or whether another law already requires them.
Surplus funding supports youth mentoring program
The law directs $2 million in qualifying fiscal year 2027 excess local funds to the Credible Messengers youth program. Allocation is due by October 1, 2026, after the preceding required allocations. Fiscal year 2026 and 2027 reserve deposit requirements must first be satisfied. The money must be certified as fiscal year 2027 excess local funds in the June or September 2026 revenue estimates. The funding goes to the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services, not individual payments.
Ward 5 gets truck enforcement cameras
The Mayor must buy at least three new cameras to enforce restrictions on truck routes. They must be operating in Ward 5 by September 30, 2027. The law gives no purchase cost or measured safety benefit.
Youth services qualify for safety grants
Public safety grant recipients can include youth safety services in grant-funded innovative strategies. The strategies must promote public safety. The law does not set a new award amount or guarantee individual services.
Consumer protection enforcement covers another violation
Beginning October 1, 2026, violations of D.C. Code section 28-3820 count as unlawful trade practices. The law also adds that section to a consumer-protection enforcement provision. This expands the grounds for enforcement under the Consumer Protection Procedures Act. The provided text does not describe the underlying rule or specify individual payments or remedies.
Lead prevention services for charter schools
By October 1, 2026, the Department of General Services must contract for charter-school lead prevention services for fiscal year 2027. Services include drinking-water source inventories, filter purchases, installation, replacement at least yearly, and lead testing after installation. The contractor must document service and give written compliance proof to the department and each school. The department must list noncompliant schools online and notify the Public Charter School Board. The Board must post a link to that list.
Funding expands opioid testing laboratory work
The Opioid Abatement Fund provides $400,000 in FY2027 to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. It supports illicit drug misuse testing and development of new opioid testing methods. The work takes place in the office’s Forensic Toxicology Lab and Data Fusion Center.
Health center grants support uninsured patients
By October 31, 2026, the Department of Health Care Finance must award $800,000 to at least two health centers. At least 20% of each recipient's patients must be uninsured. Eligible centers are federally qualified health centers or federally recognized qualifying centers that receive no federal health-center program funding. The grants support providers, not direct payments to patients.
Hospital grant supports teen substance treatment
In fiscal year 2027, the District must award a one-year $396,000 grant to a District-based children's hospital. The hospital must operate an evidence-based adolescent substance use disorder treatment program. The grant supports age-appropriate clinical care, peer recovery support, family services, and community treatment. Services focus particularly on underserved District areas.
New fund pays for crisis services
Beginning October 1, 2026, the Department of Behavioral Health administers the 988 Lifeline and Crisis Services Fund. Phone-fee revenue funds crisis-service costs not reimbursable through Medicaid, Medicare, health insurance, or disability insurance. Fiscal year 2027 allocations total $2.4 million: $600,000 for crisis beds, $1.3 million for youth mobile crisis services, and $500,000 for 988 operations. Spending requires budget approval, and unused balances stay in the fund.
New fund supports quitting tobacco
The Department of Health administers a new Smoking Cessation Fund. Tobacco permit fees, fines, and other appropriated money support efforts to reduce smoking and nicotine use. The fund also pays for tobacco permit administration. Spending requires approval in the budget and financial plan, and unused money stays available without a fiscal-year deadline.
Schools gain clinician hiring and protections
In fiscal year 2027, up to four public charter schools can directly hire school-based behavioral health clinicians. Schools must show readiness; clinicians need onsite supervision and must work only on the program. Performance-based cuts to community providers require written evidence tied to established requirements, notice, and a reasonable chance to fix problems. The Department cannot cut provider grants to expand its own clinicians or direct services. Total fiscal year 2027 grants can fall only when a provider leaves or is removed and no replacement is found.
Schools get shared behavioral health standards
By March 1, 2027, the Department must publish common standards for school-based behavioral health clinicians. It must also publish an evaluation framework and a method for matching services to school needs. Partners must include at least two leaders from grant-funded community groups and four clinicians, including two community-group employees. Required partners also include the Strengthening Families Through Behavioral Health Coalition and the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools.
Furniture help for low-income households gets funding
Human Services must give A Wider Circle $250,000 in FY2027 for furniture and home goods for low-income people and families. The law does not set household eligibility rules or the value of goods each household receives.
Grant supports drop-in help for unhoused youth
Human Services must give Sasha Bruce Youthwork $450,000 in FY2027 to operate a drop-in center for unhoused youth. The money goes to the service provider, not as cash payments to youth.
Vacant building rules recognize rat hazards
Vacant-building standards now expressly include places where rats shelter among conditions affecting public health or safety. This changes how the District assesses and regulates vacant buildings.
Adults gain literacy and job support
In fiscal year 2027, Washington Literacy Center receives $1.4 million for adult basic and digital literacy and job-related education. Services also include youth programming, workforce preparation, job retention, and career advancement support. Friendship Place receives $250,000 to expand AimHire job placement services for unhoused District residents. These grants support services, not set cash payments to participants.
Education board faces independent watchdog oversight
The District Inspector General can audit, inspect, and investigate the DC State Board of Education and related activities. Existing legal limits on the Inspector General's authority still apply.
Extra funding for St. Coletta students
The Public Charter School Board must send St. Coletta Special Education Public Charter School an extra $2.7 million in fiscal year 2027. Payment is due by November 2, 2026, and is separate from regular per-student funding. The school must report spending every three months. The Board may treat missing reports as fiscal mismanagement.
High school students gain nurse training
The education agency must provide a local university $150,000 in one-time funding by August 30, 2027. The university must train and supervise at least 25 additional District high school students during the summer. Students train to become certified nurse aides.
Pay equity funding for early educators
The law provides $73.5 million in local funds for the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund in fiscal year 2027. The money supports child development facilities and educators through the program. The provision does not set an amount for each facility or worker.
School food revenue stays with meals
District public schools must put all food-service revenue into a new special fund run by the Chancellor. Money can only operate or improve school food services. Unspent balances stay in the fund rather than returning to the General Fund. Budgeted money can remain available across fiscal years when an approved budget and financial plan authorizes it.
Students gain funded school program places
In fiscal year 2027, 15 community school partnerships receive $2.4 million total, or $160,000 each. Fiscal year 2022 recipients get a sixth funding year; fiscal year 2024 recipients get a fourth. By November 2, 2026, the education agency must award Live It Learn It $500,000 for hands-on learning at high-need schools. That grant supports microgrants and assistance, with administrative costs capped at 20%. By the same date, DC Scores receives $93,091 to expand places in its sports, poetry, and service program.
Environmental funds keep unspent program money
Unspent money stays in the hazardous waste and toxic chemical, pesticide education and control, and underground storage tank funds. The law also renames a fund the Sustainable Materials and Building Fund and lets it receive Green Building Fund transfers. Transfers can fund only activities allowed by Green Building Act section 8(c)(2) through (7). Unspent Sustainable Materials and Building Fund money also stays in that fund. Appropriated money in that fund and the underground tank fund remains available across fiscal years with approved budget and financial-plan authorization.
Later deadline for covered building rules
The specified net-zero building code deadline moves from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2027. The law also changes the covered work. It now names new construction of covered buildings and Level 3 alterations, rather than new construction or substantial improvements. The provided text does not explain the Level 3 definition or estimate savings.
More funding for Greater U Street management
For fiscal year 2027, the District can award a $1 million grant for Greater U Street place management. The grant comes from the Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund. Beginning in fiscal year 2028, the fund must provide annual matching grants of up to $800,000. The match is one dollar for each dollar raised elsewhere, including business improvement district taxes. Both grants support management of the Greater U Street Performance Parking Zone area, not direct household payments.
Parking fund can cover local upkeep
Beginning June 23, 2026, up to 5% of the Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund can cover zone operations. Allowed costs include parking-meter maintenance, signs, and related operating expenses. The law does not change parking prices.
Railroad carriers get temporary enforcement pause
As of November 28, 2025, the District Department of Energy and Environment must pause specified railroad carrier regulations. Implementation and enforcement of 20 DCMR sections 5001–5006 remain suspended through September 30, 2027. The provision does not state a household fee change.
Regular deposits support District retiree funds
The District must deposit its budgeted retiree insurance contributions and specified retirement contributions twice each month. Deposits occur on the 15th and 30th, or the last day in shorter months. Police, firefighter, and teacher benefit replacement funds receive 24 equal installments each fiscal year. The finance officer can also deposit health insurer refunds from rate-stabilization reserves. The Retirement Board must study the schedule’s funding effects by October 1, 2032; benefit amounts and insurance premiums do not change.
Rock Creek tennis upgrades require public updates
The Deputy Mayor must award grants to a Rock Creek Tennis Center leaseholder for facility upgrades. Improvements must meet Association of Tennis Professionals Tour and Women's Tennis Association Tour event standards. Starting October 1, 2026, quarterly public updates must continue until the project is complete. Updates must cover effects on residents and businesses in the specified areas, in consultation with the leaseholder. The grant amount is not stated.
Energy efficiency financing loses borrowing cap
The law removes the $250 million total principal cap on bonds under the Energy Efficiency Financing Act. Bond financing under that act can now exceed the former cap. The provision sets no replacement cap and does not state how much more financing will be issued.
Simpler contracting and security for project financing
Covered tax-increment financing contracts are exempt from the listed District procurement laws. The exemption covers contracts the Mayor enters into or finds necessary or appropriate for the subtitle's purposes. Pledges and security interests for the covered bonds or related financing documents become valid and fully enforceable when created. No delivery, filing, recording, or further action is required. They remain effective against parties with claims against the District, even without notice.
Union Market gains higher bond authority
Beginning October 1, 2026, the Union Market tax increment financing bond-issuance figure rises from 25 to 30. The provided text does not state the unit, so these figures cannot be presented as dollar amounts. The change expands project bond authority, not household payments.
Extra revenue can fund medical education
For fiscal years 2028–2030, the law directs the next $15 million in qualifying extra revenue to direct medical education. Earlier listed allocations come first. The trigger uses June, September, or December 2026 revenue estimates for those years. Certified local recurring revenue must exceed the annual estimate in the approved fiscal year 2027 budget and financial plan. The Department of Health Care Finance receives the money; households do not receive a stated payment.
Gaming revenue funds gambling-related services
Beginning in fiscal year 2027, covered internet gaming taxes go into the Internet Gaming Revenue Fund. The first $750,000 annually goes to Behavioral Health for gambling-related services; remaining tax revenue goes to the District local fund. Community impact assessment revenue goes 30% to Insurance, Securities, and Banking, 30% to Victim Services and Justice Grants, 10% to Health, and 30% to Employment Services for specified programs. These allocations cover revenue collected under the Internet Gaming and Consumer Protection Amendment Act of 2026. Unspent balances do not return to the General Fund; spending appropriated money across fiscal years requires approved budget authorization.
Grants can assess new children's hospital sites
Beginning July 15, 2026, the Deputy Mayor may award grants to Children's National Hospital. The money must pay for site assessments for a new hospital campus. The law does not require an award, set its amount, or establish new patient services.
Bruce Monroe development authority lasts longer
Beginning December 20, 2026, the Mayor's authority to dispose of 3012 Georgia Avenue NW extends through December 20, 2029. The property is Lot 0849 in Square 2890. The planned mixed-use development remains subject to existing site-use requirements and zoning orders. Those requirements include affordable housing, market-rate housing, and commercial or community amenity space. The extension does not guarantee construction.
District can buy property for development
The Mayor can negotiate property purchases for government purposes, including economic development and neighborhood renewal. The law does not require any specific purchase or set a purchase amount.
Grant helps Rosemount Center buy its property
In fiscal year 2027, the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development must award Rosemount Center $1 million. The grant supports buying the property the Center currently leases at 2000 Rosemount Avenue NW. The money goes to the Center, not directly to households.
Housing funds must preserve affordable rentals
In fiscal year 2027, the Mayor must use 15% of the Housing Production Trust Fund to preserve affordable rental housing. Selection must favor viable preservation proposals or projects that previously received fund commitments. The law does not state the total funding or number of homes preserved.
Housing project requirement ends after construction
The specified requirement for covered housing projects now applies to construction, not ongoing operations. This narrows the rule in D.C. Code section 47-860.02(a)(5). The provided text does not describe that requirement or establish a direct household payment or eligibility change.
More commercial projects qualify as repositioning
More nonresidential construction and major improvement projects count as repositioning. The completed property must have at least 50,000 square feet. A project must change a mainly nonresidential property to a new nonresidential use, or upgrade offices below Class A to Class A or higher. The definition can expand access to related project benefits, but does not itself award money.
Tax breaks support affordable workforce housing
The Mayor can approve yearly property tax breaks for projects with at least 30 homes, starting no earlier than October 1, 2028. During the break, at least 20% must be affordable at incomes up to 80% of area median family income. Another 20% must be affordable at incomes from 80% to 100% of that median. Developers need a third-party feasibility study, recorded affordability covenant, 35% certified-business contracting for construction and operations, a First Source hiring agreement, and a Mayor's agreement. Relief is limited to feasibility need and residential taxes due, lasts 10 years or up to 20 when necessary, and has yearly caps of $4 million in FY2029, $5 million in FY2030, $6 million in FY2031, then 105% of the prior cap.
Tax relief for former federal sites
The Mayor can grant up to 15 years of property tax relief for qualifying projects of at least 200,000 square feet. Federal property must have been disposed of after January 1, 2026, through an eligible sale or ground-lease and development-agreement pathway. Projects need special-merit and feasibility findings, timely completion, 35% certified-business construction and development contracting, and a First Source hiring agreement. During relief, at least 10% of housing units must be affordable at average incomes up to 60% of median family income; at least 10% of sale units must be affordable at average incomes up to 80%. Relief starts the tax year after an occupancy certificate; eligibility can be rescinded without substantial progress within five years of the required agreement.
Tax relief for transit housing projects
The Mayor can grant up to 20 years of property tax relief for qualifying private development within 1,750 feet of a Metrorail station. The site must be currently or previously WMATA-owned and meet its joint-development agreement requirements. Projects need special-merit and feasibility findings, timely completion, 35% certified-business construction and development contracting, and a First Source hiring agreement. During relief, at least 10% of housing units must be affordable at average incomes up to 60% of median family income; at least 10% of sale units must be affordable at average incomes up to 80%. Relief starts the tax year after an occupancy certificate; eligibility can be rescinded without substantial progress within five years of the required agreement.
Selected projects lose hiring-agreement requirement
Receiving an approved downtown conversion tax break alone does not require a First Source Agreement for construction and development. Receiving a District Vitality Fund grant alone also cannot require a First Source Employment Agreement. These exemptions do not remove agreement requirements triggered by other rules.
Workforce account gets qualifying extra funds
The law allocates $36 million in one-time fiscal year 2027 excess local funds to the Workforce Investment Account. The allocation is due by October 1, 2026, after earlier listed allocations. Fiscal year 2026 and 2027 reserve deposits must be satisfied. The funds must be certified as excess in the June or September 2026 revenue estimates. No individual participant payment is set.
Business support through Hispanic chamber grants
The Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development can award grants to the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Grants support business development, technical help, and business support. The law does not set a grant amount or promise payments to individual businesses.
Farmers markets receive higher grant funding
The law raises the specified farmers market support grant amount from $140,000 to $250,000. It does not set a payment for each market or household.
Grant supports an existing technology incubator
In fiscal year 2027, the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development must grant DC City, LLC $1 million. The money must support an existing technology incubator in the District. The provision sets no payment date or direct household benefit.
More aid options for delivery businesses
The vehicle-for-hire consumer service fund can provide grants, loans, incentives, and other financial help. Allowed uses include operator safety and financial well-being, shifts in delivery methods, and food access in underserved areas. The fund can also support District food service and retail businesses. The law sets no funding amount or guaranteed award.
Alternative-fuel tax provisions last through 2036
The law extends two existing alternative-fuel tax provisions from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2036. These are the provisions in D.C. Code §§ 47-1807.10 and 47-1808.10. It also updates the fuel definition used in the first provision for periods after December 31, 2026. This amendment does not state individual credit amounts.
Clearer nonprofit control for housing tax relief
For the covered tax treatment, a nonprofit counts as controlling an entity through direct or indirect majority voting ownership. Ownership can be in the entity itself or its managing member. The nonprofit must not be organized or operated for private gain. This test also applies to affordable housing entities seeking the tax treatment.
Council headquarters receives property tax relief
Square 460, Lot 810 receives District real property tax relief while owned by the National Council of Negro Women. Qualifying uses include its headquarters or another nonprofit's charitable or educational work. The law also excludes any portion not used as the Council's headquarters. No tax value or expiration date is stated.
Howard University gets broader property exemption
Effective March 10, 2023, Howard University's property tax exemption covers qualifying buildings and improvements on ground-leased land. The exemption also applies to its subsidiary's qualifying property. The lessee must be tax-exempt under federal section 501(c)(3). Improvements can belong to the lessee during the lease, but ownership rights must return to Howard or its subsidiary afterward.
Public vehicle chargers receive tax exemption
For personal property tax years beginning after May 30, 2027, qualifying public electric vehicle charging equipment is tax-exempt. The equipment must work and be available for public use during the period claimed. It must charge battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles. Covered equipment includes 240-volt outlets near parking spaces, supporting equipment, and related software.
Supermarkets can extend personal-property tax relief
Qualified supermarkets can receive a five-year personal-property tax exemption, with extensions of up to five years at a time. They must apply at least 60 days before the current exemption ends. The Mayor must find continued qualification, financial or operational need, and a community need that otherwise goes unmet. Applications must cover taxes generated, exemptions received over the prior five years, need, community service, and specified public-benefit transactions. Hardship applicants must provide profit-and-loss statements for the previous two tax years.
Tax relief for qualifying supermarket projects
Qualified supermarket developments receive real-property tax, personal-property tax, and license-fee exemptions. Exemptions generally last 10 years for certifications before October 1, 2026, and five years for later certifications. Qualifying improvements need permits issued on or after October 1, 2026, and investment within 24 months exceeding 10% of the supermarket space's assessed value, excluding parking. Hardship treatment requires a net loss in each of the previous two tax years. The property must remain a supermarket and meet District requirements; leased space must have fair market rent reduced by the real-property tax exemption. The sales tax exemption for related building materials remains available.
Period equity law ends in October
Beginning October 1, 2026, the law repeals the Period Equity Righting an Injustice of District Residents Act of 2022. The supplied text does not explain the benefits, rights, or duties that act established. The specific effect on covered residents is unclear.
Possible fees for environmental property events
The Department of Energy and Environment may charge fees for permitted events and other activities on property it manages. Event organizers and other users of that property can bear the charges. Revenue is included under the Anacostia River Clean Up and Protection Act. The law does not set fee amounts.
Debts and expenses can reduce restitution
Before a Restitution Fund payment over $100, the Chief Financial Officer's office must check the recipient's District debts. Any District debt is deducted before payment. The Attorney General's office may also use part of an award for fund maintenance and claims administration, including claims administrators. That expense authority does not apply when a court order, judgment, or settlement directs otherwise.
Medical restroom access law is repealed
Beginning October 1, 2026, the law repeals the Medical Necessity Restroom Access Act of 2022. The supplied text does not explain that act's access rights or duties. The specific effect on people previously covered is therefore unclear.
Higher stormwater charges and water penalties
The monthly stormwater charge rises from $2.67 to $4.03 per Equivalent Residential Unit assessed to a property. That is $1.36 more per unit each month. DC Water can charge up to 10% on bills unpaid for more than 30 days. For bills unpaid more than 60 days, it can also impose a 1% monthly penalty, compounded monthly. The late-payment subtitle applies as of April 18, 1996; actual charges depend on what DC Water imposes.
District workers must give leave notice
District workers must give written reasons and expected leave dates when practical, including expected hours for intermittent leave. Planned leave requires at least 10 days' notice or notice as early as possible. Unexpected leave requires oral or written notice before the affected shift. When an emergency prevents advance notice, the worker or someone else must notify the Mayor within 48 hours. Workers and agencies must negotiate alternate timing in good faith when planned treatment, intermittent leave, or reduced schedules threaten operations.
Phone customers pay new crisis fees
Beginning October 1, 2026, covered phone lines carry a separately listed $0.15 monthly 988 fee, adjustable annually for inflation. Carriers remit it quarterly. Qualifying District prepaid wireless sales instead carry a separately stated 2% charge, collected and remitted by sellers. For non-itemized bundles, the charge generally covers the full price, subject to seller elections and a minimal-service exception. Minimal service means 10 minutes or less, or $5 or less; prepaid service does not also pay the monthly line fee.
Stolen benefit replacement protections start later
The specified public-assistance security protections start March 1, 2028, instead of October 1, 2027. The Department does not have to replace assistance stolen before March 1, 2028. It remains allowed to replace those stolen benefits.
Building fines get inflation adjustments
Covered housing and building fines receive annual adjustments using the Washington-area Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The specified adjustment dates run from January 1, 2018 through January 1, 2026. Covered fines are those listed in the identified housing and building infraction schedules. Adjusted schedules must be published within 30 days, but missing publication does not invalidate the amounts. The text does not provide individual fine amounts.
Owners owe runoff charges and liens
DC Water must base water bills on water consumption and service. It must also charge District property owners based on surfaces that block or slow water entering the ground. Unpaid impervious-area charges create a property lien without further notice to the owner. The law does not state the charge rate.
Mayor controls District employee telework rules
The Mayor can set telework rules for covered District agencies and review agency and employee use. Agencies cannot set different rules without the Mayor’s permission. Exclusions cover District courts, the Attorney General, Public Service Commission, Office of the People’s Counsel, Council, and other legislative agencies. Union agreements can set telework terms for covered employees. The law does not specify how many remote-work days employees get.
Higher taxes on vehicle rentals
Beginning October 1, 2026, the tax on vehicle and utility-trailer rentals and leases rises from 9.25% to 11%. The higher rate also covers marketplace sharing, including peer-to-peer transactions. It applies even when the vehicle or trailer is privately owned and outside a rental fleet.
Hotel tax rule continues beyond 2027
The specified hotel-related tax rule applies to covered transactions occurring on or after April 1, 2023. The law removes its September 30, 2027 end date without setting a replacement. Covered customers remain subject to this rule after that date. This provision does not give the tax rate.
Income threshold sets tax filing duty
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024 and ending before January 1, 2030, a new filing threshold applies. Individuals must file when gross income equals or exceeds their applicable basic standard deduction. This covers residents and nonresidents subject to District filing requirements. The filing duty does not itself establish a tax increase.
Low filing thresholds for trusts and estates
For tax years beginning after December 31, 2024, fiduciaries must file District returns at the stated gross-income thresholds. A trust requires a return with gross income of $100 or more. An estate requires a return with gross income of $1 or more. These thresholds apply to trusts and estates subject to District tax rules.
River law covers more food businesses
Beginning October 1, 2025, the Anacostia River cleanup law covers more licensed food-service businesses. Businesses must hold a District Food Services basic business license and meet the regulatory definition of a food establishment. The supplied text does not describe the underlying duties.
Tobacco sellers pay higher permit fees
Tobacco wholesaler permit fees rise from $50 to $125. Retailer permit fees rise from $15 to $75. Another fee specified in section 47-2404(b)(3)(C) also rises from $15 to $75. The Mayor can raise permit fees by regulation and create duplicate-permit fees.
Safe Passage program becomes optional
The Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice may establish a Safe Passage Program but no longer must do so. The law does not require an existing program to end or set its funding or services.
Lower funding floor for school counseling
The School-Based Behavioral Health Program funding floor falls from $16.32 million in fiscal year 2026 to $13.2 million in 2027. The funding supports community organizations providing behavioral health services in schools. The department can reduce 2027 funding further only when a provider leaves voluntarily or is removed for documented performance problems. Such a reduction also requires that the department cannot find a replacement provider.
Schools face behavioral health service limits
The Department cannot fund telehealth-only school services unless the school agrees and has at least one part-time onsite clinician. Adult public charter schools are exempt from that rule. Community providers can still use telehealth alongside in-person services. In fiscal year 2027, prevention specialists can serve no more than 25 schools.
New buildings face fuel heating limits
For permit applications filed after December 31, 2026, covered new buildings cannot use on-site fuel combustion for space or water heating. The same restriction applies to additions larger than 10,000 square feet to covered buildings. The Mayor must issue final rules by December 31, 2026. The provision does not estimate changes in building costs or energy bills.
Pesticide registrants pay higher yearly fees
Pesticide registrants pay $300 each year for each registered pesticide, up from $200. That is an extra $100 per pesticide annually. The law does not say whether registrants pass this cost to households.
Building applicants face energy-saving design requirements
For permit applications filed after December 31, 2026, covered construction must meet an energy-saving design standard. This covers new buildings, additions greater than 10,000 square feet, and Level 3 alterations to covered buildings. Designs must conserve at least as much operating energy as compliance with the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code. The law bars permit approval without that standard and does not quantify compliance costs.
Building conversions face room and fee rules
For qualifying projects outside inclusionary zoning, bedrooms must have closets, approved bedroom or sleeping-room plans, and code-compliant light and ventilation. This counting rule applies to affordable and market-rate units. The Building Conversion Permit Fee calculation covers nonresidential conversions to Residential Group R-2. It also covers projects the Mayor selects for the referenced conversion tax break. The text gives no fee amount or resulting increase or decrease.
Housing applicants must report affordability details
Housing Production Trust Fund proposals must separate new construction from preservation. New construction proposals must count units affordable at up to 30%, 30%–50%, and 50%–80% of area median income. They must also report proposed Local Rent Supplement assistance. Preservation proposals must count rehabilitated units in the same income bands.
Businesses face tighter equipment tax deductions
The District disallows the federal section 168(k) special depreciation allowance. For property elected for immediate expensing under section 179, the deduction is limited to $25,000 or actual cost, whichever is less. The District also disallows the section 168(n) special depreciation allowance for tax years beginning in 2025 through 2029. Affected businesses cannot use these federal allowances to deduct equipment costs on the same schedule.
Golden Triangle taxpayers face yearly increases
Starting in tax year 2027, the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District tax rate rises 3% each year. Each year's increase is based on the previous year's rate. The change applies to taxpayers subject to that district's tax, not all District residents.
Ride companies pay minimum trip surcharge
Carrier-for-hire companies must pay at least 20 cents for each trip ending physically in the District, remitted every three months. Of the first $7 million collected yearly, $300,000 goes to the consumer service fund; the rest goes to local funds. Above $7 million, 10% goes to the consumer service fund and the rest to local funds. The law does not say whether companies charge passengers for this cost.
Police handle fingerprints and limit sharing
When law authorizes or requires background-check fingerprints, District police or an authorized collector must take and submit them to the FBI. Police receive the results and may share them only with a legally authorized District agency. Covered checks include security and special police officers, adoptive parents, kinship caregivers, guardians, and certain adults in a child's home. The rule also covers firearms dealers, concealed-carry applicants, and the District Rap Back Program.
Home purchase aid loses quarterly schedule
The Home Purchase Assistance Fund no longer must provide needed money at the start of each fiscal-year quarter. This gives administrators more timing flexibility but removes a fixed schedule. The law sets no replacement schedule and does not change assistance amounts.
Sales tax increase delayed until 2027
The general District sales and use tax stays at 6% before October 1, 2027. Beginning that date, the rate becomes 7%. The law delays the scheduled increase by one year. On a $100 taxable purchase, tax is $6 before the change and $7 afterward.
Later clean energy and fleet deadlines
Fleet electrification milestones move from 2030, 2035, 2040, and 2045 to 2033, 2038, 2043, and 2048. Commercial motor carriers remain covered; taxis and limousine-service vehicles are removed from those requirements. Specified CleanEnergy DC start dates move from January 1, 2028, to January 1, 2029, and January 1, 2034, to January 1, 2035. Another rule's start moves from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2031; the supplied text does not explain its duties.
Security commission ends; records stay restricted
The law repeals the District Homeland Security Commission's founding law. Its records transfer to the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency on October 1, 2026. The agency must destroy records gathered under the repealed law by September 30, 2027. Subject to statutory exceptions, commission records generally cannot be disclosed through public-records requests, subpoenas, discovery, or court evidence. Records obtainable elsewhere do not gain protection merely because they were presented to the commission.
Stricter neighborhood commission funding and grants
The neighborhood commission office must recommend withholding report-linked allotments after a commission misses at least two quarterly reports. Withholding continues until required reports and supporting documents are filed. Commissions may accept grant closeout reports or office forms with receipts. They may bar recipients who misuse money, omit receipts, or fail to return unspent or improperly spent funds. A commission may also withhold future allotments equal to a grant awarded to a barred applicant.
District SUV purchases face safety limits
The District cannot buy government SUVs except security, emergency, rescue, snow-removal, armored, or qualifying zero-emission vehicles. Qualifying zero-emission SUVs must detect people or objects at least 3 feet tall from at least 2 feet on every side. Automatic emergency braking and blind spot monitoring must be engaged. They must weigh no more than 5,500 pounds, have hoods no higher than 36 inches, and front slopes of at least 65 degrees. These limits do not apply to household purchases.
Agencies can share more resident data
The District's shared data system expands to include early childhood education and relevant education and workforce information. Agencies, including independent agencies, can share health and human services data with the Deputy Mayor for Education. The Deputy Mayor can share covered data with government agencies and their agents or contractors. Allowed uses include program evaluation, financial analysis, reporting, and shared-population management systems. All sharing and further disclosure must comply with federal law.
Schools gain flexibility on health requirements
Two Healthy Schools Act provisions become optional rather than required. These are paragraphs (7) and (9) of section 102(c). Another provision, paragraph (12), moves to school year 2026–2027. Its specified date changes from November 26, 2025, to November 25, 2026. The provided text does not identify the underlying activities.
Automated curb payments and changing prices
District transportation officials must start an automated curbside program within six months of the section's applicability date. It uses real-time technology and automated payments for passenger pickup, drop-off, and goods loading, and may use changing prices. Up to $2.55 million from the Greater U Street Parking Benefit Fund can support the program in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Excess loading-zone revenue must replace the money used. During the first month, the Mayor may issue warnings without fines.
Bridge Park gets new funding threshold
The 11th Street Bridge Park must raise at least 43.5% of total projected construction costs from non-District funds. This replaces a requirement to raise at least $35 million from private donors. The change broadens the funding sources but ties the minimum amount to projected costs.
Dedicated funds shift into general budget
For fiscal years 2027 through 2030, the Chief Financial Officer must transfer scheduled amounts into the District General Fund. The money comes from listed certified fund balances and other revenues. This increases general-budget resources while moving money out of the listed funds. These transfers are additional to those required by the 2025 Non-Lapsing Fund Transfers Act. The transfers follow the approved 2027 budget and financial plan; the provided text does not include the scheduled amounts.
District changes scheduled fund transfers
Beginning October 1, 2025, six funds leave the prior transfer schedule. They cover West End Library/Firehouse Maintenance, Fishing License, Lead Poisoning Prevention, Economy II, Residential Aid Discount, and Residential Essential Services. Dedicated Taxes transfers are zero for FY2027 and FY2028. Hospital outpatient provider-fee fund transfers change for FY2028 through FY2030; the supplied summary does not give the revised amounts.
District gains capital funding flexibility
The FY2027 capital plan is exempt from the pay-as-you-go funding requirement. By January 15, 2027, the finance officer must report operating-fund needs and recommend a sustainable annual amount, excluding transit authority amounts. Beginning October 1, 2026, the officer can choose how authorized borrowing finances or refinances Council-approved capital projects. Funds exceeding a project’s completion needs must be available for other projects approved by Council bond resolutions or laws.
Dog fees support lasting animal funds
The animal services fund receives 25% of annual dog license fees collected, replacing $2 from each fee. This allocation supports the animal population health and education program; it does not change the license fee itself. Unspent fund money does not return to the General Fund at year-end. Appropriated money remains available without a fiscal-year limit when an approved budget and financial plan authorize it.
Fee breaks for public space permits
Public inconvenience fees start after 60 calendar days for utility permits and 30 calendar days for other permits. Listed rates per block per 30 days are $0.06 for the first travel lane, $0.09 for additional lanes, $0.03 for alleys, and $0.04 for sidewalks, subject to caps. Walkways maintained to transportation department standards earn a $0.04 credit for the full sidewalk area. Beginning October 1, 2030, DC Water permits have separate daily rates per square foot: downtown rates are $0.040, $0.060, $0.020, and $0.030 for those same areas. Outside downtown, those rates are $0.030, $0.045, $0.015, and $0.020.
Fishing fund gets transferred money back
On October 1, 2027, the District must return money previously transferred from the Fishing License Fund to the General Fund. The return is limited to the amount actually transferred, up to $74,176.06. No return is required for money that was never transferred.
Legal funds gain flexible payment rules
Covered recoveries involving District agency money split 50% to the Litigation Support Fund and 50% to the General Fund. A different split requires Attorney General and Mayor agreement, plus agreement from an affected independent agency. Money owed to outside lawyers under qualifying contingency-fee contracts must enter the Litigation Support Fund and can remain until paid or transfer for payment. Those amounts do not count toward the $23.5 million limit. When separately appropriated, they also do not count toward limits on the Attorney General's annual spending authority.
Legal recoveries split among District funds
Most District recoveries from Attorney General claims, court decisions, and settlements go to the Attorney General Fund. Administrative-proceeding money and amounts federal law directs elsewhere are excluded. Exceptions preserve designated subrogation, employee compensation, restitution, tenant receivership, and nuisance-abatement funds; tenant receivership recoveries above a $2 million balance go to the Attorney General Fund. Covered agency-supported enforcement recoveries split 50% to the Attorney General Fund and 50% to the otherwise-entitled special fund, or General Fund. That split excludes specially assigned recovery categories and can change by agreement of the officials named in law.
Lobbyist fees split between public funds
Each $500 standard lobbyist registration fee sends $350 to administering and enforcing the Government Ethics Act and $150 to local funds. Each $250 qualifying nonprofit fee sends $100 to administration and enforcement and $150 to local funds. This changes where fee money goes, not a separate household charge.
Restitution fund amount doubles in law
The law raises a specified Restitution Fund amount from $500,000 to $1 million. The provided text does not explain whether this amount controls funding, transfers, or payments. It does not establish a recipient's eligibility or payment amount.
Stadium Metro funding changes fiscal years
In FY2030, the District must transfer money to local funds based on the Stadium-Armory Metro improvements subsidy. The amount must equal the estimated FY2030 District debt-service cost for that capital subsidy. A related allocation reference moves from FY2030 to FY2031. The transfer amount is not stated.
Tennis center transfer law is repealed
Effective July 25, 2026, the law repeals the Rock Creek Tennis Center Transfer of Jurisdiction and Funding Act of 2025. The supplied text does not describe replacement funding or control arrangements.
Pet care businesses face safety rules
Commercial pet care owners and operators must get a basic business license with an Inspected Sales and Service endorsement. They also need a health permit from the Mayor. The Mayor must set animal care standards and can require inspections and corrective or disciplinary action. The Mayor can suspend a permit immediately when noncompliance poses immediate danger to a person or animal. The health department also gains authority to regulate commercial pet care and animal breeder facilities.
Restitution money moves into shared funds
All assets and liabilities of the Vulnerable Adult and Elderly Person Exploitation Restitution Fund transfer to the Restitution Fund. The separate law creating the former fund is repealed. The Central Collection Unit must deposit qualifying Attorney General settlement or judgment debt collections into the Litigation Support Fund within 60 days. Costs and fees are deducted first; the Attorney General must have referred or transferred the debt to the unit. This covers qualifying restitution, disgorgement, damages, and other relief the District distributes, without setting new individual awards.
Bond investors gain protections and limits
Subject to financing documents, the District protects pledged revenues, collection rules, bondholder rights, and tax exemptions until all covered obligations are paid. These bonds are special obligations, not backed by the District’s general funds, and the District need not purchase them. Reeves Center bonds draw on sale proceeds, investment income, designated tax-increment revenues, taxes and fees, and other non-District sources. Bondholders generally cannot recover money damages for missed duties or document errors. An exception allows claims for willful and fraudulent conduct by the District or its personnel.
Bryant Street gets dedicated bond-repayment fund
The District creates a Bryant Street Phase 2 financing fund that keeps unspent balances. The Chief Financial Officer deposits available tax growth and other taxes or fees designated by law. The Mayor can pledge fund assets for bond repayment. Year-end balances above next year's debt service, reserves, and approved administrative expenses split equally between bond uses and the unrestricted General Fund. No fund amount is stated.
Northeast Heights gains tax-backed development financing
The District creates a Northeast Heights financing area covering Square 5051N, Lot 19; Square 5051, Lots 28, 29, 811; and Square 5044, Lot 814. It can issue up to $47 million in bonds to finance, refinance, or reimburse development costs. Sales and property tax revenue above the applicable base year can secure and repay the bonds. Year-end balances above upcoming debt service, reserves, and approved expenses split equally between bond uses and the General Fund. The area ends by December 31, 2056, earlier when bonds are paid or defeased, or after five years without issuance.
Reeves Center gains tax-backed project financing
The District can issue up to $32 million in Reeves Center bonds for development, financing costs, interest during construction, and reserves. The Mayor decides whether bonds are taxable; this authorization does not state that general funds guarantee repayment. A fund retaining unspent balances collects tax growth above the applicable base year and other designated revenue from Square 0204, Lot 0844 and Air Rights Lot 7000. Balances above next year's debt service, reserves, and approved expenses split equally between bond uses and the unrestricted General Fund. The area ends by December 31, 2057, earlier after bonds are paid or defeased, or after five years without issuance.
Hospital closeout fund transfers money locally
Beginning October 1, 2025, the Chief Financial Officer administers the United Medical Center Closeout Fund. It pays hospital and Not-for-Profit Hospital Corporation closeout expenses, including records management and audit or third-party reconciliation costs. In fiscal year 2027, $10.918 million must move from the fund to the District local fund. Remaining money stays available while obligations remain. Once the Chief Financial Officer determines all obligations are settled or paid, the balance goes to the General Fund.
Downtown conversions face revised tax breaks
Downtown building conversions can qualify in 2027, and the law revises annual tax-break caps. Stated caps include $2.75 million and $3.55 million; the 2030 cap is $4.05 million, with 4% annual growth afterward. Properties lose the break when the Mayor finds them ineligible, including for violating certification conditions or eligibility rules. The District must recover improperly received tax benefits plus interest. The Mayor can allow a cure, but no break covers the ineligible period and the 15-year term does not grow.
Former federal property taxes fund redevelopment
The Mayor must put real-property and possessory-interest taxes from covered former federal properties into a special fund. Coverage depends on the law's geographic, ownership, federal-disposition, sale or ground-lease, taxability, and continuing development-agreement criteria. Money can support infrastructure, civic projects, redevelopment, and property purchases in the Downtown, Golden Triangle, and Southwest business districts and specified squares. It can also pay covered development-bond costs and specified tax abatements; unspent balances stay in the fund. The Mayor must report planned and prior spending and economic-development results annually, starting within one year after revenue is deposited.
Ballpark tax money follows new rules
Beginning October 1, 2026, ballpark sales tax deposit calculations use 115% of the highest annual collection in the previous five years. This replaces 110% of the previous fiscal year’s collections when calculating amounts excluded from the Ballpark Revenue Fund. Separate specified collections go to that fund until the legal requirements for switching funds are satisfied. Afterward, those collections go to the Ballpark Preservation and Maintenance Fund. These changes move revenue between funds, not household tax rates.
Hotel taxes fund tourism and development
Specified hotel-related tax revenue goes to the Economic Development Special Account: $10.466 million in FY2026 and $6.14 million in FY2027. The remaining FY2026 revenue goes to the General Fund. Beginning FY2028, two-thirds goes to Destination DC for tourism marketing and one-third to the Washington DC Economic Partnership. Those later transfers pass through the Washington Convention and Sports Authority under written agreements.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Phil Mendelson
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 7/7/2026
Final Reading
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Actions Timeline
Law L26-0189, Effective from Oct 02, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 013120
10/16/2026HouseAct A26-0418 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 011735
8/21/2026HouseTransmitted to Congress
8/20/2026HouseEnacted without Mayor's Signature with Act Number A26-0418
8/14/2026HouseReturned from Mayor
8/13/2026HouseTransmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Aug 13, 2026
7/30/2026HouseLegislative Meeting
7/7/2026HouseLegislative Meeting
6/9/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole
6/9/2026HouseCommittee Mark-up of B26-0661 by the Committee of the Whole
6/9/2026HousePublic Hearing on B26-0661
5/13/2026HouseNotice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register
4/24/2026HouseNotice of Intent to Act on B26-0661 Published in the District of Columbia Register
4/24/2026HouseNotice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary by Committee of the Whole
4/21/2026HouseReferred to Committee of the Whole
4/21/2026HouseB26-0661 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary
4/14/2026House
Bill Text
Amendment
7/7/2026
Enrollment
7/7/2026
Amendment
6/9/2026
Engrossment
6/9/2026
Introduced
4/14/2026
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