Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Procedural actions actions from the April 21, 2021 meeting.
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Showing 1-11 of 11 actions from April 21, 2021
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Law & Government to hold hearings about the Philadelphia Sheriff’s decision to make sheriff sales permanently online.
Authorizing the Committee on Law & Government to hold hearings examining the decision to permanently move sheriff sales online, and further to explore the ramifications of and any unintended consequences that may arise from this decision.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Enacted legislation amends the Philadelphia Code to define “coercive control” as a pattern of threatening, humiliating, intimidating, or controlling behavior, including isolation, monitoring, resource control, threats, and property damage.
Amending various chapters of the Philadelphia Code to amend the definitions of certain terms, and provide protections for persons affected by coercive control, including in the context of employment discrimination, employment leave, and housing protections, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Enacted legislation amends the Philadelphia Code to define “coercive control” as a pattern of threatening, humiliating, intimidating, or controlling behavior, including isolation, monitoring, resource control, threats, and property damage.
Amending various chapters of the Philadelphia Code to amend the definitions of certain terms, and provide protections for persons affected by coercive control, including in the context of employment discrimination, employment leave, and housing protections, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Enacted legislation amends the Philadelphia Code to define “coercive control” as a pattern of threatening, humiliating, intimidating, or controlling behavior, including isolation, monitoring, resource control, threats, and property damage.
Amending various chapters of the Philadelphia Code to amend the definitions of certain terms, and provide protections for persons affected by coercive control, including in the context of employment discrimination, employment leave, and housing protections, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Enacted legislation amends the Philadelphia Code to define “coercive control” as a pattern of threatening, humiliating, intimidating, or controlling behavior, including isolation, monitoring, resource control, threats, and property damage.
Amending various chapters of the Philadelphia Code to amend the definitions of certain terms, and provide protections for persons affected by coercive control, including in the context of employment discrimination, employment leave, and housing protections, and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution to submit a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to city voters.
Submitting to the electors of the City an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution to submit a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to city voters.
Submitting to the electors of the City an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution to submit a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to city voters.
Submitting to the electors of the City an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance provided for a November 2, 2021 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to call on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and governor to decriminalize, regulate, and tax non-medical cannabis use and sales to adults age 21 and older.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance provided for a November 2, 2021 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to call on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and governor to decriminalize, regulate, and tax non-medical cannabis use and sales to adults age 21 and older.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance provided for a November 2, 2021 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter to call on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and governor to decriminalize, regulate, and tax non-medical cannabis use and sales to adults age 21 and older.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.