Bill > B26-0174

Introduced Session

AN ACT IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To amend Title I of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia Clarification and Elected Term Amendment Act of 2010 to authorize the use of interrogatories in investigations; to amend the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults and the Elderly Act of 2000to clarify that injunctive relief may include affirmative action; to amend Chapter 39 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Official Code to clarify its application and provide enhanced remedies to secure compliance, to authorize fines, costs, and fees for failure to fully comply with an investigative subpoena, to clarify that Federal Trade Commission precedents should be interpreted in a manner most favorable to consumers, to grant additional consumer protection enforcement authority to the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, to clarify that the Office of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction over appeals of action taken by the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, to clarify that unlawful and abusive trade practices are prohibited, to provide that overcharging consumers for goods and services, failure to post the price of goods, services and merchandise, and the failure to comply with construction industry standards are unfair and deceptive trade practices, to prohibit retaliation for consumer complaints and aiding and abetting prohibited trade practices, to clarify complaint procedures, to expressly authorize asset freezes as injunctive relief, to set mandatory minimum penalties for violations and recovery of costs and fees for enforcement and investigative measures in Attorney General actions, to require confidentiality agreements and protective orders entered into by the Attorney General to permit sharing confidential documents with law enforcement agencies abiding by the agreement or protective order, to authorize the use of interrogatories in investigations, to specify that service may be made by any method reasonably calculated to give actual notice, to allow use of sworn investigative statements for perjury prosecutions, and to allow the Mayor to issue rules concerning the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection and the Attorney General to issue any other rules necessary to carry out the chapter.

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Phil Mendelson (D)*,  Brianne Nadeau (D)*, 

Transmitted to Mayor, Response Due on July 1, 2026 (on 06/16/2026)

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