Legislative Wins

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Since joining the Council in 2015, Councilmember Charles Allen has introduced a wide-range of legislation that solves big and small challenges for the District and Ward 6. Below is a list of key legislative priorities and laws passed with Councilmember Allen’s efforts. Please note this is a list of legislation primarily introduced and championed by Councilmember Allen. It does not reflect every bill introduced by Councilmember Allen, nor his full voting record on legislation introduced by other Councilmembers.

Click here to view pending legislation introduced by Councilmember Allen during the current Council Period.

The following laws were introduced as bills and / or led by Councilmember Allen to passage. This list does not include his support for bills and laws introduced by other members of the Council, nor is it exhaustive.

Education

Throughout his time on the Council, Councilmember Allen has prioritized great neighborhood schools at every age to ensure every child can get a strong education no matter what neighborhood you call home. His legislative work on this front is meant to get more funding into the classrooms, strengthen transparency, and ensure schools are staffed to do their jobs effectively.

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Public Safety

Councilmember Allen has always pursued a “both & and” strategy for public safety that focuses on both accountability when someone has done harm and supporting efforts to reduce crime through prevention, intervention, and setting up returning citizens for success in order to reduce repeat offenses. His legislative record reflects supporting accountability as well as setting up returning citizens to be successful and reduce the number of times someone goes on to commit a new crime. He has a strong record strengthen the rights of victims of crime and supporting their needs in the aftermath. He helped steer DC’s Fire Department through an infrastructure crisis and worked with MPD to maintain high staffing levels during a retirement bubble from 2016-2018 and to increase recruits when police hiring struggled nationwide from 2021-2023.

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Voting & Good Government

During his time in office, Councilmember Allen has made it a priority to transform the District’s local elections. That includes the Fair Elections program, which has put the power of fundraising for campaigns with residents, rather than wealthy individuals. His legislation strengthening ethics laws around campaign finance disclosure and transparency went straight after pay-to-play fundraising. Automatic Voter Registration and a permanent Vote-by-Mail are two laws passed under Councilmember Allen’s leadership that are increasing the number of DC residents participating in local elections. Learn more about each below.

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Family and Senior Issues

As Councilmember, Charles Allen has introduced and gotten passed into law changes that make the District a place for people at all ages, in every stage of life, and expanded our laws to have a more inclusive understanding of who families are and how they grow today.

Councilmember Allen has also prioritized supporting low-income and low-wage households, understanding their success and stability benefits everyone and leads to a strong, tight-knit community.

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Small Business

Throughout his time on the Council, Charles Allen has been a strong believer that our thriving local businesses are a key part of what makes Ward 6 and DC a great place to call home. He has led the way on several initiatives aimed to make it easier to open a small and local business and stay in business by reducing red tape. He also wrote the law that created the “Made In DC” brand to promote and elevate local DC makers.

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Housing

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Health Care

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Environment

The District has set some of the most ambitious goals in the nation for reducing carbon output and transforming our electrical grid to cleaner energy. The District also sits between two rivers, and boasts natural beauty that adds to the richness of living in the District, and is a champion of ensuring as our climate warms, we have plenty of shade and tree cover to lower temperatures.

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Transportation

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Community Life

Not every bill

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