PR 26-0101 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Consumer Protection Clarification Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the Council to adopt a bill clarifying that the District government is not considered a "merchant" under consumer protection law (except for landlord-tenant provisions involving the District of Columbia Housing Authority). It prevents a legal gap between the expiration of a temporary emergency measure (March 19, 2025) and the effective date of a pending temporary measure. The resolution enables the Council to pass the related bill after a single reading, avoiding a lapse in the law.

Tags: Emergency Management

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 4, 2025

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Introduction → Enrollment · 4 edits

MODERATE

This document shows the transition of a legislative bill from its introduction stage to its enrolled (final) version. The primary changes involve formatting updates, citation corrections, and minor text refinements to clarify dates and legal references. The substantive policy content regarding the emergency declaration and consumer protection clarification remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill title from 'A PROPOSED RESOLUTION' to 'A RESOLUTION' and changed the bill number from PR 26-0101 to 26-40 to reflect its enrolled status.

Removed placeholder line numbers and formatting artifacts from the introduction version, replacing them with proper enrolled document formatting including the date March 4, 2025.

Changed 'the Council unanimously approved' to 'the Council approved' in Section 2 to reflect the enrolled version's simplified language.

TIMELINE

Corrected the effective date of the Consumer Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024 from November 26, 2024 to December 19, 2024, and updated the citation to include the correct D.C. Register reference (72 DCR 830).

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

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Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0)

council

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0101 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors