PR 26-0103 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Second Chance Clarification Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This resolution declares an emergency to correct two drafting errors in the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-284), which governs the automatic sealing of nonconvictions. The errors would have prematurely accelerated the sealing timeline by over two years and retroactively deemed agencies noncompliant for the previous two years. The resolution authorizes emergency legislation to fix these technical issues without changing the law's core policy. It directly affects the District's criminal record sealing process and implementing agencies. (This is a procedural resolution, not a substantive bill.)

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Tags: Emergency Management

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Mar 4, 2025

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Introduction → Enrollment · 3 edits

MINOR

This document shows the transformation of a proposed resolution into an enrolled version after legislative processing. The main substantive change involves reorganizing and clarifying the background information about the Second Chance Amendment Act and its subsequent amendments, making the legislative history more explicit and easier to follow. The core emergency declaration and resolution text remain substantively the same.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a proposed resolution format to an enrolled resolution format, indicating it has passed through the legislative process and is now official.

The legislative history section was restructured to more clearly list the specific amendatory acts that modified the Second Chance Amendment Act, including their effective dates and law numbers.

Minor formatting changes were made throughout the document, including line number removal, spacing adjustments, and reorganization of the header information.

Floor votes · Council Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

12–0

Passed

Total votes 12

Mar 4, 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

Mar 4, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0)

council

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0103 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors