District of Columbia B784: Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Technical Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2026

What the bill says

To amend,on an emergency basis, due to congressional review,theOffice ofCitizen Complaint Review Establishment Actof1998 to expand the membershipofthe Police Complaints Board and to allowthe OfficeofPoliceComplaints' Executive Directorto initiatetheir 'own complaint if they discoverevidence ofabuseor misuse ofpolicepowers thatwas not alleged in theoriginal complaint, including the failure to intervene ot report to a supervisor when anotherofficer used excessive force,engaged in otherformsof misconduct, orviolated a rule or regulation; and to amend Chapter3 ofTitle 14ofthe DistrictofColumbia Of.

From the enrolled text, October 22, 2026:

To amend,on an emergency basis, due to congressional review,theOffice ofCitizen Complaint Review Establishment Actof1998 to expand the membershipofthe Police Complaints Board and to allowthe OfficeofPoliceComplaints' Executive Directorto initiatetheir 'own complaint if they discoverevidence ofabuseor misuse ofpolicepowers thatwas not alleged in theoriginal complaint, including the failure to intervene ot report to a supervisor when anotherofficer used excessive force,engaged in otherformsof misconduct, orviolated a rule or regulation; and to amend Chapter3 ofTitle 14ofthe DistrictofColumbia Official Code to clarify that certain provisionsonly apply to a victim who is underthe ageof 18. act may be cited asthe "Comprehensive Policing andJustice Reform Technical Congressional Review Emergency AmendmentAct of 2026". Sec. 2. The Office ofCitizen Complaint Review Establishment Actof 1998,effective March 26, 1999 (D.C, Law 12-208; D.C.Official Code § 5-110! efseq.), is amended as follows: (a) Section 4 (D.C. Official Code § 5-1103) is amended by addinga newparagraph (3B) to read as follows: "(3B) "MPD" means the Metropolitan Police Department.". (b) Section 5a) (D.C. Official Code § 5-1104(a)) isamended by striking thephrase "There isestablished a PoliceComplaints Board ("Board"). The Board shall be composed of5 members, one ofwhomshall be amember ofthe MPD, and 4 ofwhomshall haveno current affiliation with any lawenforcementagency." and insertingthe phrase "There isestablished a PoliceComplaints Board. 'The Board shall be composed of9members,which shall includeone member from each Ward and oneat-largemember, none ofwhom, afterthe expirationofthe …