Official:Amending Chapter 10-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Minors," by amending Section 10-303, entitled "Unlawful Conduct of Minors," and Section 10-307, entitled "Parental Responsibility for Minor Children," to provide for earlier curfew hours for minors, to provide for different curfew hours for additional age groups among minors, and to provide for parental liability, establishment liability, and for penalties and enforcement, for violations of Chapter 10-300 or any expanded curfew under the Mayor's emergency powers, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: September 22, 2011
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill lowers the curfew for minors in Philadelphia and increases parental liability for violations of the new curfew.
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