Official:Amending Title 2 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “City-County Consolidation,” Chapter 2-300, “Property Assessment,” by adding new language to Section 2-305, “Office of Property Assessment; Chief Assessment Officer; Powers and Duties,” requiring that real estate taxes imposed by Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes And Collections,” Chapter 19-1300, “Real Estate Taxes,” be levied on the assessed value of taxable real property as established for the immediately preceding stated year in any year in which the audit provided for under Subsection 2-305(2)(s) finds that overall property assessments in the City do not meet industry standards for accuracy, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: February 7, 2019
: Committee on Finance
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.
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 that real estate taxes in Philadelphia be based on the assessed value of properties from the previous year if an audit finds that property assessments are not accurate.
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