Overview
- The House scheduled Wednesday evening votes on the District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act and the CLEAN D.C. Act after Oversight Committee approval.
- Rep. Elise Stefanik’s cash-bail bill would require detention for violent and dangerous crimes and mandate cash bail for specified offenses in Washington, D.C.
- Rep. Andrew Clyde’s CLEAN D.C. proposal would repeal the District’s 2022 policing law, including its chokehold ban, expanded body‑camera access and police complaints board.
- The Trump administration issued a policy statement strongly supporting both bills as public‑safety measures, and supporters point to a 2024 crime spike and concerns raised by the D.C. police union.
- Mayor Muriel Bowser, Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Council Chair Phil Mendelson condemned the legislation as an attack on Home Rule, and final enactment would still require Senate approval.