Official:Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Finance, Taxes, and Collections,” to revise certain provisions of Section 19-1605 to provide parameters for reducing the accumulated indebtedness of customers who participate in the Income-Based Water Rate Assistance Program.
Sponsor: Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez
Introduced: January 30, 2020
: Committee on Finance
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 revises a law to help low-income Philadelphians pay their water bills by forgiving debt more quickly.
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