Official:Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by adding the definition of "traveler accommodation services" and by excluding from the definition of receipts, any receipts from traveler accommodation services, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Kenney
Introduced: November 29, 2001
Voted: December 31, 2003
: Committee on Finance
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 excludes hotel and motel receipts from business tax revenue, but only for a specific period in 2001.
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