Yesterday, we considered Mary Cheh’s decision to bring back her proposal to force restaurants to publicly display grades of their hygiene, a piece of legislation the Ward 3 Councilmember had previously brought to the table in 2009. We wondered if Washington restaurants, especially food trucks, needed to start fretting about the potential for having to defend itself against the quick backlash which can happen under such regulations — but it sounds like they might not have to worry too much about it. According to WUSA9 reporter Bruce Johnson, Councilmember David Catania — who chairs the Council’s Committee on Health, “won’t schedule [a] hearing on Cheh’s bill to put health inspection grades outside restaurants.” Johnson added that his sources are calling the legislation “DOA.”

We’ve reached out to Cheh’s camp to gauge their response to Johnson’s report, and will certainly update if they come back with something substantive.

UPDATE (1:45 p.m.): Cheh’s office is taking the position that the legislation, at the very least, should get the chance to be discussed publicly. “This is a serious proposal, and is used effectively in other jurisdictions,” reads the statement Cheh’s office gave to DCist this afternoon. “People should at least have an opportunity to express their views at a hearing about whether this is something we should do in the District.”