# District of Columbia PR26-0509: Council Period 26 Rules of Organization and Procedure and Appointment of Committee Chairpersons and Membership Amendment Resolution of 2026 District of Columbia PR26-0509, Council Period 26 Rules of Organization and Procedure and Appointment of Committee Chairpersons and Membership Amendment Resolution of 2026, is a Council Period 26 (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Phil Mendelson (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2026-01-30 (Resolution R26-0307, Effective from Jan 20, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000803); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-PR26-0509-26 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: District of Columbia PR26-0509 - State: District of Columbia - Session: Council Period 26 (2025-2026) - Title: Council Period 26 Rules of Organization and Procedure and Appointment of Committee Chairpersons and Membership Amendment Resolution of 2026 - Status: adopted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-01-30, Resolution R26-0307, Effective from Jan 20, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000803 - Sponsor: Phil Mendelson (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (12 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New subcommittee for local businesses: benefit, low. The Council creates a Subcommittee on Local Business Development under the Committee of the Whole. It oversees small and local business policy, business improvement districts, and RFK stadium campus development, except planning, zoning, and permits. The Department of Small and Local Business Develo… - Council recess moved to April 11–19: mixed, low. The Council changes its 2026 recess from April 4–12 to April 11–19. This is a scheduling change. It does not affect taxes, benefits, or services. - Health panel oversees banks and insurance: mixed, low. The Committee on Health now oversees banks and banking activities, securities, and insurance, including private health insurance. The Board of Funeral Directors, the Captive Insurance Agency, and the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking move under this committee. This is an oversight cha… - Human Services now leads New Communities: mixed, low. The Committee on Human Services takes over New Communities oversight and shares that work with the Housing Committee. Human Services also adds economic, industrial, and commercial development topics and property disposition for development. This replaces the former role of the Business and Economic… - Tourism and convention agencies move committees: mixed, low. Destination DC and Events DC now fall under the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor. This changes which Council committee oversees tourism and convention work. It does not change programs, fees, or services. - Council centralizes tax and bond oversight: mixed, low. The Committee of the Whole now oversees District taxation and revenue for government operations. It also handles industrial-revenue bonds, general-obligation bond acts, and revenue anticipation notes. The committee adds small/local business policy, business improvement districts, RFK stadium develo… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Phil Mendelson (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-01-20 | House | Final Reading | pass | 12 | 0 | | ## Actions (6) - 2026-01-30: Resolution R26-0307, Effective from Jan 20, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 000803 (House) - 2026-01-23: Notice of Intent to Act on PR26-0509 Published in the District of Columbia Register (House) - 2026-01-20: Approved with Resolution Number R26-0307 (House) - 2026-01-20: Legislative Meeting (House) - 2026-01-20: Retained by the Council (House) - 2026-01-20: PR26-0509 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary (House) ## Bill text - Enrollment, 2026-01-20: [PDF](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61083/Meeting1/Enrollment/PR26-0509-Enrollment1.pdf?Id=231123) - Introduced, 2026-01-20: [PDF](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61083/Introduction/PR26-0509-Introduction.pdf?Id=230864) ## Related bills - B26-0047: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025 (signed) - B26-0785: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Rental Vehicle Sales Tax Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0663: Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0181: Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Amendment Act of 2025 (signed) - B26-0735: Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Corrections Temporary Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) - B26-0760: Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2026 (signed) ## Sources - [Enrollment (PDF)](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61083/Meeting1/Enrollment/PR26-0509-Enrollment1.pdf?Id=231123) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/61083/Introduction/PR26-0509-Introduction.pdf?Id=230864) ## Related - [B26-0047: Funeral Directors Licensing Reform Amendment Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0047-26) - [B26-0785: Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Rental Vehicle Sales Tax Clarification Emergency Amend…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0785-26) - [B26-0663: Fiscal Year 2026 Revised Local Budget Temporary Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0663-26) - [B26-0181: Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Amendment Act…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0181-26) - [B26-0735: Special Education for Young Adults in the Custody of the Department of Correcti…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0735-26) - [B26-0760: Medical Cannabis Licensing and Unlicensed Establishment Enforcement Clarificati…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-B26-0760-26) - [District of Columbia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/district-of-columbia/bills) - [District of Columbia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/district-of-columbia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DC-PR26-0509-26 (as of 2026-11-04).