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City Council Sends Proposed Age Hike for Elected Officials to Voters in Upcoming Ballot Measure

Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia a proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to revise age requirement to be eligible for election as City officials.

Sponsor: Councilmember Green

Introduced: January 27, 2022

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No one voted on this bill

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.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill asks voters to decide whether to lower the minimum age for electing certain City officials from 18 to 21 years old.

What This Bill Does

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The bill does the following

Submits to voters the question of lowering the minimum age to 21 for election to City offices, including Mayor and Council member, currently set at
2. Requires the Clerk of Council to certify the bill and resolution to the Board of Elections within 5 days of the bill becoming law.
Directs the Clerk of Council to print and distribute the proposed amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, along with the ballot question, to voters.
Requires the Clerk of Council to publish the proposed amendment in three newspapers of general circulation in the City and in The Legal Intelligencer, three weeks prior to the election on May 17, 2022.