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To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the D.C. Council from enacting any law that would permit euthanasia or assisted suicide. It adds a new restriction to the Home Rule Act's list of prohibited actions, preventing the D.C. Council from creating any act, resolution, rule, regulation, or other law related to activities covered under the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997. The bill also repeals the Death With Dignity Act of 2016, which currently permits physician-assisted suicide in the District of Columbia under certain conditions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- Jan 22, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
- Jan 22, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2026
Mr. Barrett (for himself and Mr. Crawford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FROM ENACTING LAW TO PERMIT EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE.
(a) Prohibition.—Section 602(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1-206.02(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended—
(1) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (10) and inserting “; or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation, guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry out any activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed with respect to any activity, to which subsection (a) of section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking into consideration subsection (b) of such section)”.
(b) Repeal of Existing Law.—The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 (sec. 7-661.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) is repealed. <all>
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