Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions,” by creating a new Chapter requiring that certain employers provide Paid Family and Medical Leave to eligible employees under specific circumstances, and providing for funding, enforcement, and penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Henon
Introduced: January 23, 2020
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2020–2023 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 would require certain Philadelphia employers with a large number of employees to offer paid family and medical leave to eligible workers. Employers with 50 or more employees (later reduced to 10) would need to provide this benefit.
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