District of Columbia Council Period 25 Status: Enacted

B 25-0509 — Office of Unified Communications Transparency and Accuracy Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023

Last action — Act A25-0259 Published in DC Register Vol 70 and Page 014432, Expires on Jan 23, 2024

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    In Committee
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    Passed Council
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced October 02, 2023. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

63 added · 63 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to the Office of Unified Communications Act requires the Office to regularly collect and publicly share data about emergency calls that can be redirected to alternative services, such as behavioral health and transportation. Additionally, it adds a representative from this Office to the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board. These changes aim to improve transparency and accountability in how emergency calls are handled, ensuring that more appropriate responses can be identified and utilized, ultimately enhancing community safety and resource management.

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__________________________ Councilmember Brooke Pinto 4 _________ 7 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, due to congressional review, the Office of Unified Communications Establishment Act of 2004 to require the Office of Unified Communications to collect and post publicly on the Office’s website the number of calls eligible to be diverted to alternative responses, the number of those calls diverted, and data on daily call-taking and dispatching operations;
ENROLLED ORIGINAL AN ACT _________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, due to congressional review, the Office of Unified Communications Establishment Act of 2004 to require the Office of Unified Communications to collect and post publicly on the Office’s website the number of calls eligible to be diverted to alternative responses, the number of those calls diverted, and data on daily call-taking and dispatching operations;
and “(7) Number and type of 911 misuse calls.”.
and ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(7) Number and type of 911 misuse calls.”.
Applicability.
This act shall apply as of July 27, 2023.
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This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 2
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Action History

  1. Act A25-0259 Published in DC Register Vol 70 and Page 014432, Expires on Jan 23, 2024

  2. Returned from Mayor

  3. Enacted without Mayor's Signature with Act Number A25-0259, Expires on Jan 23, 2024

  4. Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 31, 2023

  5. Final Reading, CC

  6. Retained by the Council

  7. B25-0509 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading, CC

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Not Voting
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Trayon White, Sr. — Yea
Vincent Gray — Yea
Zachary Parker — Yea

Subjects

public-safety technology
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B 25-0509 is sponsored by Brooke Pinto.
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