Official:Amending Chapter 19-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Amusement Tax," by removing certain amusements from the exclusions from the tax.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: April 2, 2009
: 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 removes exemptions from Philadelphia's Amusement Tax for certain activities like concerts and circuses, making them subject to a tax on admission fees.
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