Bill 190102
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of The City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter calling on the General Assembly to provide for a decent, living wage, 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.
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How members voted
Vote on Mar 14, 2019 · CITY COUNCIL
Aye (17)
Council President ClarkeCouncilmember SquillaCouncilmember JohnsonCouncilmember BlackwellCouncilmember JonesCouncilmember HenonCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezCouncilmember BassCouncilmember ParkerCouncilmember O'NeillCouncilmember DombCouncilmember GreenCouncilmember GreenleeCouncilmember GymCouncilmember OhCouncilmember Reynolds BrownCouncilmember Taubenberger
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“To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, I am pleased to advise you that on March 19, 2019, I signed the remaining bills which were passed by Council at its session on March 7, 2019; and that on March 19, 2019, I signed the following bill which was passed by Council at its session on March 14, 2019: Bill No. 190102; and that on March 20, 2019, I signed the following bill which was pass…”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, March 21, 2019 · Mar 21, 2019 · official transcript, this passage
“To the President and members of the Council of the City of Philadelphia, the Committee on Law and Government, to which was referred Bill No. 180818, entitled "An ordinance providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the mandatory establishment an…”
Chief Clerk · Stated Meeting, March 7, 2019 · Mar 7, 2019 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced and Referred · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 4, 2019HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee on Law and Government
- Mar 4, 2019HEARING HELD · Committee on Law and Government
- Mar 4, 2019REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED · Committee on Law and Government
- Mar 7, 2019SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 7, 2019ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 7, 2019READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 14, 2019READ AND PASSED · CITY COUNCIL
- Mar 19, 2019SIGNED · MAYOR
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..Title Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of The City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter calling on the General Assembly to provide for a decent, living wage, 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. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval of the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia at the Primary Election to be held May 21, 2019, an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter. The proposed amendment is contained in Resolution No. 190115, approved by Council on March 14, 2019, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of Council. SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election: Shall The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to call on the General Assembly to either increase the Pennsylvania minimum wage now, so that it reaches $15 an hour, in stages, by 2025; or allow the City of Philadelphia to itself provide for a decent, family sustaining, living wage for working Philadelphians? SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to (i) certify to the Board of Elections, within five days of this Ordinance becoming law, a copy of this Ordinance and Resolution No. 190115; and (ii) to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 190115, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance. SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published one time, during the three (3) weeks preceding the election on May 21, 2019, in three (3) newspapers of general circulation in the City and in the Legal Intelligencer, the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance; and further, at such other time and in such other manner as the Clerk may consider desirable. SECTION 5. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to issue a proclamation giving at least thirty (30) days' notice of such election. The Clerk of Council shall cause a copy of the proclamation to be published in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the City, and in the Legal Intelligencer, once a week for three consecutive weeks during the period of thirty days prior to the election. One such publication may be combined with the publication of the notice required by Section 4 of this Ordinance. SECTION 6. The appropriate officers are authorized and directed to take such action as may be required for the holding of an election on the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance as provided for by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ..End