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A RESOLUTION
25-188
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
July 11, 2023
To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need
to amend the Office of Citizen Complaint Review Establishment Act of 1998 to expand
the membership of the Police Complaints Board, and to allow the Office of Police
Complaints’ Executive Director to initiate their own complaint if they discover evidence
of abuse or misuse of police powers that was not alleged in the original complaint,
including the failure to intervene or report to a supervisor when another officer used
excessive force, engaged in other forms of misconduct, or violated a rule or regulation; to
amend the First Amendment Assemblies Act of 2004 to limit the use of riot gear at First
Amendment assemblies, and to prohibit the use of chemical irritants and less-lethal
projectiles to disperse First Amendment assemblies; and to amend Chapter 3 of Title 14
of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify that certain provisions only apply to a
victim who is under the age of 18.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Technical
Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023”.
Sec. 2. (a) On December 20, 2022, the Council passed the Comprehensive Policing and
Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, effective April 21, 2023 (D.C. Law 24-345; 70 DCR
6316) (“permanent law”).
(b) While most of the permanent law went into effect on April 21, 2023, section 105 of
the permanent law was passed subject-to-appropriations and will not take effect until it has been
funded. Similarly, section 121 of the permanent law was passed subject to a delayed
applicability provision and will not take effect until October 1, 2023.
(c) There also existed a need to clarify the scope of reporting requirements recently
amended by the Expanding Supports for Crime Victims Amendment Act of 2022, effective April
6, 2023 (D.C. Law 24-341; 69 DCR 14698).
(d) In response, on May 2, 2023, the Council passed the Comprehensive Policing and
Justice Reform Technical Emergency Amendment Act of 2023, effective May 24, 2023 (D.C.
Act 25-115; 70 DCR 7944) (“emergency act”). The emergency act is set to expire on August 22,
2023.
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(e) On June 6, 2023, the Council also passed the Comprehensive Policing and Justice
Reform Technical Temporary Amendment Act of 2023, enacted on June 27, 2023 (D.C. Act 25-
132; 70 DCR 9042) (“temporary act”). The temporary act is projected to become law on
September 22, 2023.
(f) A congressional emergency is necessary to prevent a gap in the law between the
expiration of the emergency act and the effective date of the temporary act.
Sec. 3. The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute
emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Comprehensive Policing and Justice
Reform Technical Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a
single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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