District of Columbia Council Period 26 Status: Enacted

B 26-0573 — Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

Last action — Act A26-0260 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 002689, Expires on May 14, 2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Council
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 30, 2026. Enacted.

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  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

59 added · 61 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment updates the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to explicitly prevent private disability insurance providers from lowering short-term disability benefits if an individual receives benefits from the District's paid leave program. Importantly, this prohibition applies regardless of where the insurance policy was issued. This change is significant as it protects individuals' financial security, ensuring they can receive their full entitled benefits without fear that private insurers will reduce their payments.

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___________________________ Councilmember Janeese Lewis George 4 6 A BILL 8 __________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to prohibit private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave benefits to which an eligible individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written;
ENROLLED ORIGINAL AN ACT __________________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________ To amend, on an emergency basis, the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 to prohibit private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability benefits based on actual or estimated paid leave benefits to which an eligible individual may be entitled to from the District, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the insurance policy was issued or written;
“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
“(a) No insurer may offset or reduce benefits or income available to an eligible individual under a temporary or short-term disability insurance policy, based on estimated or actual benefits the eligible individual may or does receive under the Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of ENROLLED ORIGINAL 2016, effective April 7, 2017 (D.C.
Law 21- 264;
Law 21-264;
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.
Official Code § 1- 204.12(a)).
Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).
___________________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 2
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Action History

  1. Act A26-0260 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 002689, Expires on May 14, 2026

  2. Returned from Mayor

  3. Signed by the Mayor and Enacted with Act Number A26-0260, Expires on May 14, 2026

  4. Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on Feb 24, 2026

  5. Final Reading

  6. Retained by the Council

  7. B26-0573 Introduced by Councilmember Lewis George 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

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Total 13000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Doni Crawford — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Trayon White, Sr. — Yea
Wendell Felder — Yea
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

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B 26-0573 is sponsored by Janeese Lewis George.
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