B 26-0190 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025

This bill prohibits private disability insurance providers in Washington, D.C., from reducing short-term disability benefits based on benefits received from the District's Universal Paid Leave program. It applies to all eligible residents who qualify for both short-term disability insurance and the District's paid leave benefits, regardless of where their insurance policy was issued or written. The law amends existing statutes to enforce this prohibition, ensuring individuals receive full benefits from both sources without double reductions. The change takes effect on May 1, 2025, as part of an emergency legislative measure.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Sub-Topics: Paid Leave

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 26, 2025 Signed Apr 22, 2025

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Introduction → Enrollment · 4 edits

MODERATE

The document shows a transition from a draft bill version to an enrolled (final) version of the Short-Term Disability Insurance Benefit Protection Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, but the enrolled version includes proper formatting, signatures, and official enrollment markings that indicate the bill has been formally adopted. The effective date was changed from May 1, 2025 to July 10, 2024, and the fiscal impact statement section was renumbered.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged - it still prohibits private disability insurance providers from reducing short-term disability benefits based on paid leave benefits from the District's Universal Paid Leave program. The only substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from May 1, 2025 to July 10, 2024.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the act was changed from May 1, 2025 to July 10, 2024, making the law effective earlier than originally drafted.

TECHNICAL

Added official enrollment markings including signatures for the Chairman and Mayor, indicating the bill has been formally enrolled and adopted.

The fiscal impact statement section was renumbered from Section 5 to Section 5, while the applicability section was renumbered from Section 4 to Section 4, and the effective date section was renumbered from Section 6 to Section 6, with Section 4 now being the applicability section.

Added page headers indicating 'ENROLLED ORIGINAL' and page numbers, showing this is the final enrolled version of the bill.

Floor votes · Council Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

12–0

Passed

Total votes 12

Apr 1, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0)

council

Mar 26, 2025

Introduced

B26-0190 Introduced by Councilmember Lewis George at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors