Official:Amending Section 22-310 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by immediately terminating DROP, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Tasco
Introduced: September 16, 2010
: 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 immediately terminates the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), which allows Philadelphia police and firefighters to delay retirement benefits, but with some exceptions.
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