District of Columbia Council Period 25 Status: Enacted

B 25-0738 — Transportation Improvements Amendment Act of 2024

Last action — Law Number L25-0245 Effective from Dec 17, 2024

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    Passed Council
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 01, 2024. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

125 added · 127 removed

Plain-language change summary

The revised bill gives the Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) more flexibility in managing the agency's tasks, including allowing them to delegate responsibilities more easily. It also grants the director the authority to oversee transportation projects on land acquired from the federal government, particularly when that land is near public spaces and included in improvement plans. These changes are important because they can streamline decision-making and potentially speed up the development of critical transportation infrastructure in the District.

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ENGROSSED ORIGINAL A BILL 3 25-738 5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 7 __________________ 9 To amend the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 to provide the Director of the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) with greater discretion to delegate the agency’s duties and responsibilities, to provide the DDOT Director with the authority to construct, maintain, and control DDOT infrastructure on land transferred from the federal government for recreational purposes in cases where the land transferred is adjacent to public space and is part of a transportation improvement plan or project, and to provide that the District has an adequate interest sufficient to meet federal highway funding requirements in federal parkland where transportation infrastructure projects are located;
ENROLLED ORIGINAL AN ACT _____________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend the Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002 to provide the Director of the District Department of Transportation (“DDOT”) with greater discretion to delegate the agency’s duties and responsibilities, to provide the DDOT Director with the authority to construct, maintain, and control DDOT infrastructure on land transferred from the federal government for recreational purposes in cases where the land transferred is adjacent to public space and is part of a transportation improvement plan or project, and to provide that the District has an adequate interest sufficient to meet federal highway funding requirements in federal parkland where transportation infrastructure projects are located;
The Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, 2002 (D.C.
The Department of Transportation Establishment Act of 2002, effective May 21, (D.C.
ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (A) The lead-in language is amended by striking the phrase “The Project Delivery Administration shall” and inserting the phrase “Pursuant to its responsibility for transportation project delivery, DDOT shall” in its place.
(A) The lead-in language is amended by striking the phrase “The Project Delivery Administration shall” and inserting the phrase “Pursuant to its responsibility for transportation project delivery, DDOT shall” in its place.
(C) Subparagraph (P) is amended by striking the phrase “on mass transit needs” and inserting the phrase “on transit policy, mass transit, and alternative transit needs” in its place.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL (C) Subparagraph (P) is amended by striking the phrase “on mass transit needs” and inserting the phrase “on transit policy, mass transit, and alternative transit needs” in its place.
and “(X) Manage, control, and implement transportation improvement plans and projects on land transferred from the federal government for recreational use ENGROSSED ORIGINAL pursuant to 40 U.S.C.
and “(X) Manage, control, and implement transportation improvement plans and projects on land transferred from the federal government for recreational use pursuant to 40 U.S.C.
(3) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking the phrase “The Project Delivery Administration may” and inserting the word “DDOT may” in its place.
(3) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking the phrase “The Project Delivery Administration may” and inserting the phrase “DDOT may” in its place.
ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(C) Support the contracting and procurement of goods and services required to fulfill DDOT’s functions;
“(C) Support the contracting and procurement of goods and services required to fulfill DDOT’s functions;
(B) A new subparagraph (E) is added to read as follows:
ENROLLED ORIGINAL (B) A new subparagraph (E) is added to read as follows:
ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(7) The Director shall establish such offices and divisions as, in the Director’s judgment, are appropriate to efficiently and soundly administer DDOT’s various responsibilities.”.
“(7) The Director shall establish such offices and divisions as, in the Director’s judgment, are appropriate to efficiently and soundly administer DDOT’s various responsibilities.”.
ENGROSSED ORIGINAL (c) Amended paragraph (5) within paragraph (3) is amended as follows:
(c) Amended paragraph (5) within paragraph (3) is amended as follows:
Sec.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL Sec.
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), a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) 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 a 30-day period of congressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.
Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1).
Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)).
______________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 4
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Action History

  1. Law Number L25-0245 Effective from Dec 17, 2024

  2. Transmitted to Congress

  3. Act A25-0600 Published in DC Register Vol 71 and Page 013002

  4. Returned from Mayor

  5. Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A25-0600

  6. Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Oct 29, 2024

  7. Final Reading, CC

  8. First Reading, CC

  9. Committee Report Filed by the Transportation and the Environment Committee, Includes Hearing Record

  10. Committee Mark-up of B25-0738 by the Transportation and the Environment Committee

  11. Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  12. Public Hearing on B25-0738 View Public Hearing Record

  13. Notice of Public Hearing Published in the District of Columbia Register

  14. Notice of Public Hearing filed in the Office of Secretary

  15. Notice of Intent to Act on B25-0738 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  16. Referred to Committee on Transportation and the Environment

  17. B25-0738 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson 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 — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Zachary Parker — Yea

First 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 — Yea
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 — Not Voting
Zachary Parker — Yea

Subjects

transportation
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B 25-0738 is sponsored by Phil Mendelson.
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