B 26-0459 — Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

________________________ENROLLED CouncilmemberORIGINAL BrookeAN PintoACT A BILL ________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, 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.

9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the “Juvenile Curfew Second Emergency Amendment Act of 2025”.

on every dayuntilday until 6:00 a.m.

“(6A) “Notice of violation of curfew” means a verbal warning, authorized by an official that informs a groups of juveniles that they are violating the terms of a curfew, that they ENROLLED ORIGINAL may be arrested if they continue to violate the curfew, and identifies reasonable steps that they can take to leave the area to avoid arrest.”.

“(a) The Mayor may, by issuance of an administrative order pursuant to section 422(12)422(11) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, effective December 24, 1973 (87 Stat.

890;790;

Official Code § 1-204.22(12),1-204.22(11), extend the juvenile curfew hours in the District, or any part of the District, beyond the hours established in section 3(1A)(A), (B), and (C), if the Mayor determines that such an extension is appropriate to protect public safety or public or private property.

“(A) Is not an imminent danger of bodily injury of significant damage to property, issue at lestleast 2 clearly audible and understandable notices of violation of curfew;

or ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(B) Is imminent danger of bodily injury or significant damage to property, issue at least one clearly audible and understandable notice of violation of curfew;

89 “(c) In determining whether to designate an extended juvenile curfew hours zone, the Chief of Police shall consider the following:

“(B) Police reports of disturbances of the public peace described in section 1 of An Act To confer concurrent jurisdiction on the police court of the District of Columbia in certain cases, approved July 16, 1912 (37 Stat.

Official Code§Code § 22-1301), sections 6, 3,9,3, 9, or 16of16 of An act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia, approved July 29, 1892 (27 Stat.

Official Code §§§ 22-1307, § 22-1309, § 22-1312, or § 22-1318), section 211 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, approved June 29, 1953 (67 Stat.

Official Code § 22-1321), or section 901 of An Act relating to crime and criminal procedure in the District of Columbia, approved December 27, 1967 (81 Stat.

ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(C) Police reports of dangerous crimes, as that term is defined in D.C.

“(2) Intelligence or verifiable information indicative of an intent of 9 or more juveniles to gather in the proposed extended juvenile curfew hours zone in such a manner that is likely to result in substantial harm to the public safety, or the safety of those gathering, or substantial damage to public or private property;

ENROLLED ORIGINAL “(A) The proposed boundaries of the extended juvenile curfew hours zone;

AmendedAmendatory section 3(1A) within subsectionsection (a)(2)3(a)(2) of the Volunteer Services Temporary Amendment Act of 2025, enacted on October 24, 2025 (D.C.

XX__ DCR XXX),___), is amended to read as follows:

on every dayuntilday until 6:00 a.m.

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 90ENROLLED ORIGINAL 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 6