Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to prohibit the enactment of any zoning ordinance that creates a district in which licensed gaming is permitted, unless the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is amended to authorize Council to enact such an ordinance.
Sponsor: Councilmember DiCicco
Introduced: January 23, 2007
: Committee on Rules
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 ask voters if City Council should be allowed to create areas in Philadelphia where licensed gaming is permitted without needing Home Rule Charter changes.
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