Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to change certain gender specific references to gender neutral references, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Green
Introduced: September 20, 2018
Signed: February 14, 2019
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill puts a question on the ballot for voters to decide whether to change certain gender-specific references in the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to be more neutral.
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