Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide that Councilmembers shall not be eligible for election for more than three terms of office; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Domb
Introduced: February 21, 2019
: Committee on Law and Government
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 asks Philadelphia voters to decide whether Councilmembers should be limited to three terms in office. If passed, this would mean that after January 2020, Councilmembers could not serve more than three terms.
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