Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter establishing and defining the responsibilities of the Office of Immigrant Affairs; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: January 24, 2019
Signed: February 14, 2019
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allows voters to decide whether to establish an Office of Immigrant Affairs in Philadelphia, headed by a Director of Immigrant Affairs.
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