Official:Enacting a new Chapter 9-3600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Bouncers," to require that bouncers employed at covered establishments be registered and receive proper training, to prohibit employers from employing unregistered or untrained bouncers and to permit employers to refuse to hire bouncers with certain past criminal convictions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: September 15, 2011
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires bouncers at Philadelphia bars and clubs to be registered and trained in security and conflict resolution. Employers can't hire unregistered or untrained bouncers, and may refuse to hire those with certain past convictions.
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