Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes and Collections,” and Chapter 19-4100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax,” by revising the imposition and rates of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax and making other conforming amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: March 14, 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 proposes to amend the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax law in Philadelphia by revising the tax rates for certain beverages and making conforming changes.
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