Official:Amending Chapter 20-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Standards of Conduct and Ethics," by adding anti-nepotism provisions prohibiting City officers and employees from taking or recommending certain personnel actions affecting family members and requiring certain disclosures by persons seeking City employment, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: February 12, 2004
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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 adds anti-nepotism rules to City laws, preventing city employees from giving jobs or promotions to their family members and requiring job applicants to disclose if they have relatives working in city government.
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This bill makes the following changes
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