Washington D.C. Council Bill 260029

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 4 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-04 - First Reading, CC
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

As introduced Bill 26-29 would assist survivors of sexual misconduct by requiring institutions of higher education in the District to retain a confidential resource advisor (CRA) to provide emergency and ongoing support to reporting parties at institutions of higher education. It would require amnesty protections for reporting parties of sexual misconduct in certain cases. Institutions would be required to facilitate mandatory annual sexual misconduct trainings for all students and personnel. It would establish minimum criteria for institutions’ sexual misconduct policies. It would also, among other things, require institutions to submit to the Higher Education Licensure Commission a report containing data about sexual misconduct on campus. FISCAL NOTE - This bill is Subject to Appropriations. Please see the Fiscal Impact Statement for more information.

Institution of Higher Education Sexual Misconduct Reporting and Resource Accessibility Act of 2025

Cnc. Christina Henderson [I]	Cnc. Matthew Frumin [D]	Cnc. Robert White [D]	Cnc. Brianne Nadeau [D]
Cnc. Charles Allen [D]	Cnc. Brooke Pinto [D]	Cnc. Janeese Lewis George [D]

2025-03-04 - Council - First Reading, CC (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-04	Council	First Reading, CC
2025-01-21	Council	Referred to Committee on Committee of the Whole
2025-01-10	Council	Notice of Intent to Act on B26-0029 Published in the DC Register
2025-01-06	Council	Introduced in Office of the Secretary

Type	Source
Summary	https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B26-0029
Text	https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/56861/Introduction/B26-0029-Introduction.pdf
Roll Call	https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B26-0029