Official:Establishing the form of fiscal impact statements regarding City Council legislation required pursuant to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: October 23, 2008
: Committee on Law and Government
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 requires that City Council legislation be accompanied by a fiscal impact statement to help estimate costs and revenue associated with each proposal.
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