Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the preparation of language access plans by all City agencies; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: October 2, 2014
Signed: February 26, 2015
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows citizens to vote on an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, which would require all City agencies to prepare and implement language access plans for people with limited English proficiency.
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