District of Columbia Council Period 26 Status: Enacted

PR 26-0520 — Juvenile Curfew Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2026

Last action — Resolution R26-0308, Effective from Feb 03, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 001414

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment updates the resolution to clarify the need for an emergency declaration regarding the Juvenile Curfew Act of 1995. It allows the Mayor to extend juvenile curfew hours and enables the Chief of Police to establish specific curfew zones. The curfew start time is set at 11 p.m. and applies to 17-year-olds. This change is vital to ensure there is no gap in enforcement as current measures are set to expire before new ones take effect, helping to maintain public safety.

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________________________ Councilmember Brooke Pinto A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ______________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend the Juvenile Curfew Act of 1995 to authorize the Mayor to extend the juvenile curfew hours in the District when appropriate to protect public safety or public or private property, to authorize the Chief of Police to establish extended juvenile curfew hour zones in specified circumstances, to start the juvenile curfew hours at 11 p.m.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 26-308 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA February 3, 2026 To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend the Juvenile Curfew Act of 1995 to authorize the Mayor to extend the juvenile curfew hours in the District when appropriate to protect public safety or public or private property, to authorize the Chief of Police to establish extended juvenile curfew hour zones in specified circumstances, to start the juvenile curfew hours at 11 p.m.
and to amend the Volunteer Services Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 to make conforming changes..
and to amend the Volunteer Services Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 to make conforming changes.
(a) On November 4, 2025, the Council approved the Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025, effective November 14, 2025 (D.C.
(a) On November 4, 2025, the Council approved the Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025, effective November 7, 2025 (D.C.
Official Code § 2- 1541 et seq.) (“emergency measure”).
Act 26-178;
The emergency measure is set to expire on February 2, 2026.
72 DCR 12678) (“emergency act”).
(b) The Juvenile Curfew Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 (B26-460) was approved by the Council on final reading at the November 4, 2025 legislative meeting.
The emergency act is set to expire on February 5, 2026.
Because the temporary measure must undergo congressional review, it will not be in effect before the emergency measure expires.
(b) On December 2, 2025, the Council approved the Juvenile Curfew Second Temporary Amendment Act of 2025, enacted on December 19, 2025 (D.C.
(c) This congressional review emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency measure and effective date of the temporary measure.
Act 26-218;
73 DCR 22) (“temporary act”).
The temporary act is projected to become law on February 12, 2026.
(c) Congressional review emergency legislation is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between the expiration of the emergency act and effective date of the temporary act.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances, making it necessary that the Juvenile Curfew Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Juvenile Curfew Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R26-0308, Effective from Feb 03, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 001414

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R26-0308

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR26-0520 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on · 4 voted No

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9400
Total 9400
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Nay
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Doni Crawford — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Nay
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Nay
Trayon White, Sr. — Nay
Wendell Felder — Yea
Zachary Parker — Yea

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