B 26-0146 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Downtown Arena Revitalization Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2025

This bill approves specific agreements for the redevelopment of Washington, D.C.'s downtown arena, directly affecting the District government (as the property owner) and DC Arena L.P. (the developer). It authorizes the Mayor to implement a Development and Financing Agreement, Amended Lease, and Purchase and Sale Agreement for the arena project, while continuing property tax abatements and deed transfer tax exemptions. Key mechanisms include granting easements over the arena property, authorizing airspace leases for the developer, and waiving certain public space rental requirements to expedite the project. The "emergency" designation reflects its purpose to fast-track congressional review of these agreements.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Council Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025
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Introduction → Enrollment · 3 edits
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The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to an enrolled (final) version with minor text corrections. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the emergency approval of agreements for the downtown arena redevelopment, easement authority, airspace lease provisions, and statutory exemptions.
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Formatting and line number markers were removed to convert the document from draft markup to final enrolled format.

Minor corrections to statutory citations and section references were made to align with official enrolled text conventions.

Line breaks and paragraph indentation were adjusted to match standard enrolled bill formatting requirements.

Floor votes · Council Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

12–0
Passed
Total votes 12
Mar 4, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

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Key actions
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Committee
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Mar 4, 2025
Council · Passed
Council Vote: pass (12-0)
council
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
B26-0146 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Phil Mendelson
DDemocratic
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