Official:Amending Bill No. 080156, entitled "An Ordinance adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2009," by eliminating funding to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: April 10, 2008
: Committee of the Whole
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 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 eliminates $114 million in funding for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, which is responsible for Philadelphia's courts and judicial services.
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