Official:Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," by adding a new Section 10-830 entitled "Civil Penalties Upon the Manufacturers of Certain Weapons Illegally Used to Injure or Kill City Employees," all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: January 23, 2001
Voted: December 31, 2003
: Committee on Public Safety
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 to hold gun manufacturers accountable for guns used in crimes that harm City of Philadelphia employees. If a gun is linked to such a crime and was made by a manufacturer, the company could be fined up to $100,000. These funds would go towards police efforts to stop illegal guns from entering the city and anti-violence initiatives.
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