District of Columbia B611: Rental Housing Registration Data Integrity Temporary Amendment Act of 2026

What the bill says

To amend, on a temporary basis, section 205 oftheRental Housing Act of 1985, torequire owners ofrental accommodations that areexempt fromrent stabilization to reportcurrent, and prior rent amounts fortheprevious 2 calendaryears and the utilities, facilities and services, and appliances at the time ofregistration. BEIT ENACTEDBYTHE COUNCILOF THEDISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Rental Housing Registration Data Integrity Temporary Amendment Act of2026". Sec.2. Section 205(f) ofthe Rental Housing Act of 1985, July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. OfficialCode § 42-3502.05(f)).

From the enrolled text, April 29, 2026:

To amend, on a temporary basis, section 205 oftheRental Housing Act of 1985, torequire owners ofrental accommodations that areexempt fromrent stabilization to reportcurrent, and prior rent amounts fortheprevious 2 calendaryears and the utilities, facilities and services, and appliances at the time ofregistration. BEIT ENACTEDBYTHE COUNCILOF THEDISTRICTOF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Rental Housing Registration Data Integrity Temporary Amendment Act of2026". Sec.2. Section 205(f) ofthe Rental Housing Act of 1985, July 17, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-10; D.C. OfficialCode § 42-3502.05(f)), is amended by addinganewparagraph (5) toread as follows: "(5)(A) The owner ofarentalaccommodation that is exempt fromrent stabilization pursuant to subsection (a) ofthis sectionshall, at thetime ofregistration, provide the followinginformation foreachrental "(ii) The monthlyrent amountcharged forthesame unitduring eachofthe2 prior calendar years; and "Gii) The utilities, facilities and services, and appliances. "(B)The information required undersubparagraph (A) ofthisparagraph shall besubmitted only at thetimeofregistration and shallnotbe subject to any ongoing ot annual reportingrequirements.". Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 'The Council adoptsthefiscal impact statement oftheBudget Director as the fiscal impact statementrequired by section4aoftheGeneralLegislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038;D.C. OfficialCode § 1-301.47a). Sec. 4. Effectivedate. (@) This act shall take effect followingapprovalby theMayor(orin theevent ofvetoby ENROLLED ORIGINAL the Mayor, action by the Council to overridethe veto) and a 30-day periodofcongressional review as provided in section 602(c)(1)ofthe District …