Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of a new Article XIII of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, as approved by Resolution of the City Council, fixing the date of a special election for such purpose, prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on, and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements.
Sponsor: Councilmember Ortiz
Introduced: December 19, 2002
: 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 proposes a special election to amend the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to establish a Campaign Finance Board that would regulate campaign financing and provide public financing for certain campaigns.
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