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HR 5107 · 119th Congress · HouseOther

Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill rolls back most of the District of Columbia’s 2022 police reform law, returning local policing policies to earlier standards. It eliminates restrictions on officers using chemical irritants and riot gear during protests, reduces public access requirements for body-camera footage, and restores police union bargaining over officer discipline. However, it preserves the citywide bans on chokeholds and neck restraints.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

Sentencing & correctionsPolicing & funding−35Federal vs. state/local+30

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Who it affects

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Who it helps

  • District of Columbia police officersSection 2(a) repeals the 2022 policing reform mandates and restores the District's pre-2022 policing laws, removing statutory rules enacted under D.C. Law 24–345 while leaving in place disciplinary procedures (Sec. 2(b)(1)) and use-of-force restrictions (Sec. 2(b)(2)).provisional

Who opposes it

  • District of Columbia governmentSection 2(a) directly repeals D.C. Law 24–345 (the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022), nullifying local criminal justice and policing legislation enacted by the District.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Repeals the District of Columbia's Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, restoring the local criminal justice and policing laws that were in place before that act was enacted.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional

  2. Keeps in effect the 2022 law's rules and procedures governing police officer disciplinary actions and accountability.

    Sec. 2(b)(1)provisional

  3. Keeps in effect the 2022 law's restrictions on police use of force, including the ban on neck restraints and limits on deadly force.

    Sec. 2(b)(2)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Nov 20, 2025Received in the Senate.
  2. Nov 19, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Nov 19, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 190 (Roll no. 299). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4800-4801)
  4. Nov 19, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 190 (Roll no. 299). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4800-4801)
  5. Nov 17, 2025Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 879 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107 and H.R. 5214. The resolution provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 80, H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 58, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides for one motion to recommit on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, H.R. 1949, H.R. 3109, H.R. 5107, and H.R. 5214, and one motion to commit S.J. Res. 80.
  6. Sep 30, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-317.
  7. Sep 30, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-317.
  8. Sep 10, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 19.
  9. Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House
  10. Sep 3, 2025Introduced in House

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