Official:Amending Title 16 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Property" providing for prohibited naming of public property.
Sponsor: Councilmember Mariano
Introduced: March 23, 2000
: Committee on Public Property and Public Works
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill proposes that public property in Philadelphia cannot be named after a person convicted of murder.
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