Judiciary & Public Safety Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY Notice of Public Hearing 1 3 5 0 P e n n s y l v a n i a A v e n u e , N . W. , Wa s h i n g t o n , D . C . 2 0 0 0 4 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety Announces a Public Hearing on Bill 23-0318, the "Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019" Thursday, October 17, 2019,10:00 a.m. Room 412, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 On Thursday, October 17,2019, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, will convene a public hearing on Bill 23-0318, the "Community Safety and Health Amendment Act of 2019". The hearing will take place in Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., at 10:00 a.m. The stated purpose of B23-0318 is: to amend an Act for the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia; to amend an Act in relation to pandering, to define and prohibit the same and to provide for the punishment thereof to remove certain criminal penalties for engaging in sex work in order to promote health and safety; to repeal Section 1 of an Act to enjoin and abate houses of lewdness, assignation, and prostitution, to declare the same to be nuisances, to enjoin the person or persons who conduct or maintain the same and the owner or agent of any building used for such purpose, and to assess a tax against the person maintaining said nuisance and against the building and owner thereof; to repeal an Act to confer concurrent jurisdiction on the police court of the District of Columbia in certain cases; and to create a task force to assess the impact of the legislation and recommend further reforms to improve community safety and health. The Committee invites the public to testify or to submit written testimony. Please note that the Committee can accommodate witnesses who do not wish to use their own name or be captured on camera. Anyone wishing to testify at the hearing should contact the Committee via email at iudiciarv@dccouncil.us and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any), by close of business Mondav. October 14. Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. Witnesses should bring twentv copies of their written testimony and, if possible, also submit a copy of their testimony electronically in advance to iudiciarv@dccouncil.us. 1 For witnesses who are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made part of the official record. Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee at i u d i c i a r v @ , d c c o u n c i l . u s . T h e r e c o r d w i l l c l o s e a t t h e e n d o f t h e b u s i n e s s d a y o n F r i d a y, November I. 2