Official:Amending Chapter 17-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Employment Of Low-And Moderate-Income Persons By City Contractors," by requiring persons performing work under certain construction contracts supported by City funds or City financial assistance to provide for a certain percentage of construction hours to be performed by City residents, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: October 27, 2005
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
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 requires companies performing construction work on city-funded projects to hire a certain percentage of Philadelphia residents.
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