Judiciary Public Safety Public Hearing

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY & PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B24-0925, the “Business Records Efficiency Act of 2022” B24-0951, the “Automatic Voter Registration Expansion Amendment Act of 2022” and B24-0952, the “Opioid Litigation Proceeds Act of 2022” Friday, September 16, 2022, 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Virtual Hearing via Zoom To Watch Live: https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen/ On Friday, September 16, 2022, Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, will convene a public hearing to consider Bill 24-0925, the “Business Records Efficiency Act of 2022”, Bill 24-0951, the “Automatic Voter Registration Expansion Amendment Act of 2022”, and Bill 24-0952, the “Opioid Litigation Proceeds Act of 2022”. The hearing will be conducted virtually via Zoom from 9:30 a.m. to no later than 1 p.m. The stated purpose of B24-0925, the “Business Records Efficiency Act of 2022”, is to add a new evidentiary rule to Title 14 of the District of Columbia Code allowing for the authentication of business records without in-person testimony. The stated purpose of Bill 24-0951, the “Automatic Voter Registration Expansion Amendment Act of 2022”, is to amend the District of Columbia Election Code of 1955 to expand automatic voter registration by additional District agencies and create “back-end” automatic voter registration. The stated purpose of Bill 24-0952, the “Opioid Litigation Proceeds Act of 2022”, is to clarify the funds to be deposited into the Opioid Abatement Fund, provide for how funds in the Opioid Abatement Fund may be spent, establish the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission to make 1 recommendations to the Mayor concerning the use of the funds and provide for its composition, operations, powers and duties, require the Mayor to establish an Office of Opioid Abatement to support the Commission, make and manage awards from the Fund, maintain oversight of expenditures, collect data from recipients, and maintain a website, and require the Mayor to report to the Council annually concerning opioid abatement activities and the use of monies deposited into the Opioid Abatement Fund. The Committee invites the public to provide oral and written testimony. Public witnesses seeking to provide oral testimony at the Committee’s hearing must thoroughly review the following instructions: • Anyone wishing to provide oral testimony must email the Committee at judiciary@dccouncil.us with their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any), by the close of business on Friday, September 9. • The Committee will approve witnesses’ registrations based on the total time allotted for public testimony. The Committee will also determine the order of witnesses’ testimony. • Representatives of organizations will be allowed a maximum of five minutes for oral testimony, and individuals (and any subsequent representatives of the same organizations) will be allowed a maximum of three minutes. In order to accommodate additional public witnesses, the Committee may reduce witnesses’ allotted time for testimony but will inform witnesses if it plans to do so. • Witnesses are not permitted to yield their time to, or substitute their testimony for, the testimony of another individual or organization. • If possible, witnesses should submit a copy of their testimony electronically in advance to judiciary@dccouncil.us. • Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation are requested to inform the Committee as soon as possible, but no later than five business days before the hearing. The Committee will make every effort to fulfill timely requests; however, requests received fewer than five business days before the hearing may not be fulfilled. 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 judiciary@dccouncil.us. The record will close at the end of the business day on Wednesday, September 21. 2