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 providing for regulation of the process by which contracts not currently subject to competitive bidding are awarded; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: May 12, 2005
: Committee of the Whole
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 more transparency and competition in non-bid contracts, and allows citizens to vote on this proposal.
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