Official:Amending Chapter 10-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Vicarious Liability for Student Conduct," by amending the definition of "Educational Housing Districts," to include the Twelfth and Seventeenth Wards, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Cohen
Introduced: April 21, 2005
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
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 two more areas in Philadelphia (Twelfth and Seventeenth Wards) to a law that holds landlords responsible for student behavior in their buildings.
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