PR 26-0307 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Salary Schedule Changes for Non-Union, Uniformed Police Officials of the Metropolitan Police Department Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This emergency resolution declares an immediate need to approve salary parity for non-union, uniformed police officials at the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), aligning their pay scales with unionized counterparts. It authorizes retroactive pay for current non-union officials: from October 8, 2023, through October 5, 2024 (FY2024), and from October 6, 2024, through October 4, 2025 (FY2025), with future pay effective October 5, 2025. The resolution specifically applies to current employees, excluding former officials, and requires administrative actions by the Department of Human Resources and Office of the Chief Financial Officer to implement the changes.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Sub-Topics: Collective Bargaining

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Sep 2025

Signed into Law

Sep 2025

Introduced Sep 16, 2025 Signed Sep 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduction → Enrollment · 3 edits

MINOR

The document shows a transition from a Mayor's transmittal letter to the Council to the enrolled original version of the resolution. The substantive policy content of the resolution itself remains largely unchanged, with minor formatting and numbering adjustments. The key addition is a new Section 4 clarifying that the resolution takes effect immediately.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability. The resolution continues to address salary parity for non-union uniformed police officials at MPD.

TIMELINE

Added Section 4 stating the resolution shall take effect immediately, providing clearer language about when the emergency measures become operative.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes including renumbering of sections and adjustment of line breaks throughout the document to match enrolled legislative format.

Removed Mayor Muriel Bowser's transmittal letter and signature block, as these are no longer needed in the enrolled version of the resolution.

Floor votes · Council Sep 17, 2025

How they voted

12–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 13

Sep 17, 2025

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Sep 17, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)

council

Sep 16, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0307 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors