Passed in the House on June 10, 2025 · 235 Yea, 178 Nay, 18 Not Voting
Question: On Passage: H R 2096 Protecting Our Nation’s Capital Emergency Act
In plain English: This bill would allow police disciplinary matters in Washington D.C. to be negotiated through collective bargaining and reinstate a 90-day time limit for starting disciplinary actions. It also removes the police chief's power to increase penalties recommended by a trial board and ends the requirement to publish online a schedule of termination hearings.
Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act of 2025 This bill rescinds certain changes that were made in 2023 to District of Columbia (DC) law governing discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers. First, the bill reinstates a 90-day statute of limitations (i.e., time limit) for initiating a corrective or adverse action against any MPD officer or civilian employee. The bill also allows officer disciplinary matters to be negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement. N…