PR 26-0407 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Historic Preservation Review Board Chris Morrison Confirmation Resolution of 2025

This is a procedural confirmation resolution, not a substantive bill. It asks the Council to confirm Mayor Bowser's appointment of Chris Morrison to fill a vacant architect member seat on the Historic Preservation Review Board, which was previously held by Patrick Williams. Morrison, a licensed architect with 30+ years in preservation and design, will serve the remainder of the unexpired term ending July 21, 2028. The resolution has no policy changes - it solely confirms an existing appointment.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2026

Council Passage

Feb 2026

Signed into Law

Feb 2026

Introduced Nov 14, 2025 Signed Feb 3, 2026

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Introduction → Enrollment · 5 edits

MODERATE

This is a confirmation resolution for Chris Morrison to serve as an architect member of the Historic Preservation Review Board. The changes from Introduction to Enrollment are primarily formatting and cleanup: the Mayor's nomination letter, nominee CV, and legal sufficiency memo were removed, leaving only the clean enrolled resolution text. Minor wording adjustments were made to the legal citations and section language.

TECHNICAL

Resolution number changed from 26-0407 to 26-311, and the citation year updated from 2025 to 2026 to reflect the actual adoption date of February 3, 2026.

The nominee's zip code was corrected from 20037 to 20002.

The phrase 'filling a vacant seat formerly held by Patrick Williams, for the remainder of an unexpired term' was removed and simplified to just 'for a term to end July 21, 2028.'

The act name was corrected from 'Historic Landmark and Historic Protection Act of 1978' to 'Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act of 1978,' adding the word 'District.'

The Mayor's nomination letter, the nominee's full CV and biographical materials, and the Office of General Counsel legal sufficiency memo were all removed as supporting documents not part of the enrolled resolution text.

Floor votes · Council Feb 3, 2026

How they voted

12–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 13

Feb 3, 2026

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

Feb 3, 2026

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)

council

Jan 20, 2026

Legislature · Passed

Committee Mark-up of PR26-0407 by the Committee of the Whole

legislature

Nov 18, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee of the Whole

legislature

Nov 14, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0407 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors