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Council votes to restore paid family leave durations to 12 weeks at end of fiscal plan
Summary
An amendment offered by Councilmember Louis George restores the maximum duration of DC Paid Family Leave to 12 weeks (medical and caregiving) beginning Oct. 1, 2030, reversing part of the FY 2027 reductions; the amendment was moved and accepted without objection.
Councilmember Louis George moved an amendment to restore the maximum duration of DC Paid Family Leave benefits to 12 weeks for both family caregiving and medical leave beginning Oct. 1, 2030, noting that the FY 2027 package temporarily reduces benefits but the amendment would ensure a full restoration at the end of the four-year financial plan. Louis George framed the change as correcting a rollback that would leave D.C. less generous than neighboring states.
The chair called the amendment and, after brief discussion, it was accepted as friendly and incorporated into the ANS. Louis George said, “We made history 10 years ago and we made history again this year when D.C. became the only state program to have ever rolled back its program in the 25 years of state paid family and medical leave programs.” The amendment has no cost according to the motion and is intended to restore prior benefit durations at the stated date.
