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The bill restores pre‑2022 policing authorities and legal clarity for D.C. agencies but does so by rolling back recent police‑accountability reforms, increasing risks to affected communities and creating administrative costs.
Law enforcement agencies in Washington, D.C. (police and prosecutors) regain authorities and procedures repealed in 2022, restoring prior policing powers and operational tools.
D.C. local government agencies and courts avoid legal uncertainty because statutory text reverts to pre‑2022 language, making implementation, enforcement, and adjudication simpler and more predictable.
Residents of Washington, D.C., especially urban communities and racial/ethnic minorities, lose policing reforms intended to limit certain police practices and increase accountability.
People subject to policing in D.C., particularly those in impacted communities, may face renewed exposure to enforcement practices and procedures the 2022 Act had restricted, raising safety and public‑health risks.
D.C. agencies, taxpayers, and possibly residents could incur legal, training, and administrative costs to revert policies and update procedures back to pre‑2022 rules.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals most of the District of Columbia’s 2022 police reform law and restores prior D.C. statutes, while leaving two specified subtitles of the 2022 law in force.
Repeals most of the District of Columbia’s 2022 policing and justice reform law and restores the prior D.C. statutes and rules that the 2022 law had amended or repealed. Two specific parts of the 2022 law (subtitle S of title I and subtitle A of title I, with their cited D.C. Code sections) are left in force; everything else in that Act is treated as if it had never been enacted. The result is that existing D.C. police, oversight, and related legal provisions that were changed by the 2022 law would be returned to their pre-2022 form, which could change rules on policing practices, discipline, oversight, and related procedures across District agencies and affect residents, law enforcement, and oversight bodies in Washington, D.C.
Introduced September 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Clyde · Last progress November 20, 2025