Official:Amending Chapter 20-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Civil Service Preferences,” to provide for a civil service preference for the children and grandchildren of members of the armed forces of the United States who were killed or who died in the line of duty, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Introduced: February 27, 2020
: Committee on Labor and Civil Service
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 proposes to give a preference in civil service entrance exams for children and grandchildren of US military members who were killed or died in the line of duty.
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