B 26-0460 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Juvenile Curfew Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

This bill temporarily amends the Juvenile Curfew Act of 1995 to set standard curfew hours from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily and expand the curfew to apply to all juveniles under 18 (previously under 17). It allows the Mayor to temporarily extend curfew hours beyond standard times for public safety, and the Chief of Police to designate specific zones with extended curfew hours, both limited to 4 consecutive days (with possible 30-day total extensions). Police must issue at least one verbal warning before arrest and provide time to disperse, with strict limits on when extensions can begin (no earlier than 8 p.m.) or end (no later than 6 a.m.). The bill directly affects juveniles aged 17 and under in Washington, D.C., during temporary curfew extensions.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Sub-Topics: Juvenile Justice Policing

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Dec 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2026

Introduced Nov 3, 2025 Signed Feb 27, 2026

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Engrossment → Enrollment · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was finalized in its enrolled version with several substantive changes from the engrossed version. The most significant changes involve corrections to statutory citations, adjustments to curfew enforcement procedures, and modifications to how extended curfew zones are managed by the Mayor and Chief of Police.

Scope change

The bill's core scope remains the same - temporarily extending juvenile curfew hours and creating zones where they apply - but the specific mechanisms for implementation were refined with technical corrections and procedural updates.

TECHNICAL

Corrected statutory citation references in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act section from 422(12) to 422(11) and adjusted the corresponding statute numbers from 87 Stat. 890 to 87 Stat. 790.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a requirement that police must capture body-worn camera footage of each component of the order to return home when issuing curfew violation notices.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the notice requirement from 'at least 2 notices' when there is no imminent danger to 'at least 2 notices' (removing the 'of' error) and clarified the language around imminent danger scenarios.

Reorganized the Mayor's extended curfew authority - moving the Chief of Police's zone designation authority into a separate subsection and clarifying the Mayor's ability to extend curfew zone designations to 30 days.

DEFINITION

Updated the definition of 'Curfew hours' to explicitly include 'every day' in the standard curfew time period (11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.).

Floor votes · Council Dec 2, 2025

How they voted

10–3

Passed

Total votes 13

Dec 2, 2025

D Democratic11

8 Yea 3 Nay

72% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

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Dec 2, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (10-3)

council

Dec 2, 2025

Introduced

Amendment (Pinto)

legislature

Nov 3, 2025

Introduced

B26-0460 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors