Official:Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by adding a new Section 19-1306 providing for a cap on tax increases; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: November 14, 2002
: 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 proposes to cap real estate tax increases at 15% for properties owned by the same person in consecutive years, starting from 2003.
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