Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to Council approval of leases, contracts and concessions to which the City is a party and Council's power to provide by ordinance for certain disclosures by persons seeking or awarded such contracts; 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 for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: March 18, 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 proposes to change the City of Philadelphia's Home Rule Charter to require Council approval for certain leases, contracts, and concessions. It also aims to increase transparency by requiring disclosure from those seeking or awarded these contracts.
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