Anacostia Business Improvement Districts Amendment Act of 2025
This bill amends the 1996 Business Improvement Districts Act to allow the Mayor to approve a petition from the Anacostia Business Improvement District (BID) seeking to expand its geographic area. The expansion would specifically include exempt real property owners adjacent to the current Anacostia BID boundary, as defined in DC Code §2-1215.59. The change directly affects the Anacostia BID by potentially broadening its jurisdiction and the exempt property owners who would fall under its jurisdiction. It does not create new taxes or services but modifies the legal process for BID boundary adjustments. The bill focuses solely on enabling this specific geographic expansion through mayoral approval.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
Council Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced May 12, 2025
Signed May 1, 2026
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Engrossment
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MINOR
The bill was finalized and enrolled for the Governor's signature, changing the citation year from 2025 to 2026. The core policy change allows the Mayor to expand the Anacostia Business Improvement District to include exempt property owners, specifically adding the District of Columbia's own real estate to the eligible area if it is adjacent to the current district.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to explicitly include real property owned by the District of Columbia within the Anacostia BID expansion area, provided the property is adjacent to or abutting the existing district boundaries.
ELIGIBILITY
Added the District of Columbia's own real property as eligible for inclusion in the expanded BID area, subject to the condition that it must be adjacent to or abutting the current district.
TIMELINE
Updated the bill's citation year from 2025 to 2026 to reflect its final enrollment status.
TECHNICAL
Changed the document status from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' and added signature lines for the Council Chairman and Mayor.
Floor votes · Council Feb 3, 2026
How they voted
12–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 13
Feb 3, 2026
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 3, 2026
Council · Passed
Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)
council
Dec 17, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee Mark-up of B26-0247 by the Business and Economic Development Committee
legislature
May 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Business and Economic Development
legislature
May 12, 2025
Introduced
B26-0247 Introduced by Councilmember McDuffie at Office of the Secretary
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kenyan McDuffie
IIndependent
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