Official:Enacting a new Chapter 21-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Office of Consumer Affairs" establishing an Office of Consumer Affairs, setting forth the composition of its board, providing the office with the broad power to investigate and study consumer issues, and establishing its advisory functions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: February 15, 2001
Voted: December 31, 2003
: Committee on Law and Government
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 creates a new Office of Consumer Affairs in Philadelphia to investigate and study consumer issues, including auto insurance rates, utility prices, and lending practices.
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