PR 26-0044 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

The Office of Independent Juvenile Justice Facilities Oversight Plan Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This resolution (PR 26-0044) waives a requirement for the Office of Independent Juvenile Justice Facilities Oversight to submit a continuation plan to the Council by March 1, 2025. The requirement became unnecessary after the Council passed the Recidivism Reduction at DYRS Amendment Act of 2024, which permanently transfers the Office’s functions to the District of Columbia Auditor. The resolution prevents wasted staff resources on a report that no longer applies due to this new legislation. It directly affects the Office by eliminating a redundant reporting obligation.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Feb 2025

Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Signed Feb 4, 2025

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Introduction → Enrollment · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was enrolled and formally adopted as an emergency resolution. The text was cleaned up to remove draft formatting and added specific legal citations to the enabling legislation. The core emergency declaration remains the same, but the enrolled version includes precise statutory references and clarifies the legal title of the resulting amendment act.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft formatting markers and placeholder text from the document to reflect its final enrolled status.

Added specific legal citations (D.C. Law 25-217 and D.C. Act 25-720) to the Juvenile Justice Facilities Oversight Act and Recidivism Reduction Act for clarity and legal precision.

Changed the title reference from 'Emergency Act of 2025' to 'Emergency Amendment Act of 2025' to reflect that this resolution amends an existing act rather than creating a new one.

Added a new subsection (c) in the enrolled version that explicitly states the purpose of the emergency legislation is to avoid unnecessary staff expenditure on a moot report.

Floor votes · Council Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

12–0

Passed

Total votes 12

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0)

council

Jan 30, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0044 Introduced by Councilmember Parker at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors