Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for a preference in civil service examinations for the children and grandchildren of members of the United States armed forces who were killed or who died in the line of duty, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Introduced: February 27, 2020
: Committee on Law and Government
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.
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This bill proposes to add a preference in civil service examinations for children and grandchildren of US military members who died in the line of duty.
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