Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades, and Professions," to add a new Chapter, entitled "Gender Price Discrimination," which includes, but is not limited to, requiring the posting of prices in certain retail service establishments and making it a violation to charge differing prices based upon gender, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: March 31, 2016
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2016–2019 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.
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This bill aims to prevent businesses that clean clothing and other fabrics from charging different prices based on a customer's gender. The bill also requires these businesses to post their prices clearly.
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