PR 26-0324 Legislature · 26th Council Period (2025-2026)

Language Access Rulemaking Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2025

This resolution declares an emergency to allow the Office of Human Rights to immediately adopt and amend rules implementing the Language Access Act of 2004, which requires District government services to be accessible in multiple languages. It bypasses standard procedural steps for rulemaking, enabling faster enforcement of language access requirements for public services. The resolution directly affects District government agencies that provide public services by accelerating the process for language assistance compliance.

Issues: ✓ Immigration

Sub-Topics: Immigrant Services

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2025

Committee Review

Council Passage

Oct 2025

Signed into Law

Oct 2025

Introduced Oct 2, 2025 Signed Oct 7, 2025

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The document has been converted from a draft resolution to its enrolled (final) version. The substantive content remains the same, but formatting, line numbers, and header information have been updated to reflect official enrollment status. This is a procedural change rather than a policy change.

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The document format changed from a draft resolution to an enrolled original version with updated line numbers and official headers.

Header information was updated to include the enrolled bill number (26-217) and date (October 7, 2025).

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Floor votes · Council Oct 7, 2025

How they voted

12–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 13

Oct 7, 2025

D Democratic11

10 Yea 1

90% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Oct 7, 2025

Council · Passed

Council Vote: pass (12-0-1)

council

Oct 2, 2025

Introduced

PR26-0324 Introduced by Councilmember Nadeau at Office of the Secretary

legislature

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors