Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of The City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter calling on the General Assembly to provide for a decent, living wage, 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 Parker
Introduced: February 14, 2019
Signed: March 14, 2019
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill puts a question on the ballot asking Philadelphians if the city should call on the state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour or allow the city to set its own living wage.
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