Official:Amending Title 4 "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," of The Philadelphia Code, by amending Subcode "B," (The Philadelphia Building Code) by adding new requirements for food waste disposers in some new residential construction; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember O'Brien
Introduced: June 18, 2015
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 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 new residential construction in Philadelphia to install food waste disposers in kitchens starting from January 1, 2016.
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