Official:Amending Chapter 17-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Employment of Low- and Moderate-Income Persons by City Contracts," by requiring businesses responsible for performing work under certain contracts to provide for a certain percentage of the work to be performed by City residents, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: June 17, 2010
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
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 businesses that contract with the city to hire a certain percentage of Philadelphia residents for construction and non-professional service contracts worth over $150,000.
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