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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Council actions
Procedural actions actions from the March 27, 2025 meeting.
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The adopted resolution recognizes April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing April 2025 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Celebrating the Extraordinary Efforts of WOAR - Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes and honors Dr.
Recognizing and honoring Dr. Arlene Parsons Bennett for her contributions to the City as a prominent community organizer and the first Black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania's medical school, on the occasion of Women's History Month.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and celebrating Sharon A.
Recognizing and Celebrating Sharon A. Powell on the Occasion of Her Official Retirement.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes the Montreux Jazz Festival and Philadelphia’s history and contributions to jazz.
Recognizing the Montreux Jazz Festival and the rich jazz history of Philadelphia and expressing the City's desire to host a world-class jazz festival in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes March as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing March as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and honoring the work done by advocates to reduce barriers to social and civic participation experienced by people living with developmental disabilities.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and congratulating Chef Kyle Timpson for winning Season 23 of Gordon Ramsay’s *Hell’s Kitchen*.
Honoring and congratulating Chef Kyle Timpson for winning Season 23 of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Eusebio “Bonn” Batan, known as Fishtown’s “Mayor of Crease Street.” The resolution recognizes his neighborhood service, including maintaining local streets, organizing community celebrations, and creating the Crease Street Garden, and provides an engrossed copy to his family.
Honoring the Life of Eusebio "Bonn" Batan, Fishtown's "Mayor of Crease Street".
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and legacy of former heavyweight boxing champion “Big” George Foreman.
Honoring the Life and Legacy of former heavyweight champion "Big" George Foreman
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Sanaa Rahming, Samiyah Rahming, and Julissa Ortiz for their accomplishments in middle and high school girls’ wrestling during Women’s History Month.
Recognizing Sanaa Rahming, Samiyah Rahming, and Julissa Ortiz for their middle and high school girls' wrestling accomplishments on the occasion of Women's History Month.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing March 31, 2025, as Transgender Day of Visibility in Philadelphia.
Recognizing March 31, 2025 as Transgender Day of Visibility in the City of Philadelphia, a day to celebrate and recognize the achievements and contributions of Transgender people, and to lift up the joy, light, and laughter that Transgender people experience and bring into our communities.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Bayard Rustin, a civil rights, labor, peace, and LGBTQ rights activist with ties to the Philadelphia region.
Declaring March 17, 2025, as "Bayard Rustin Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted legislation authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer four properties—2942 and 2944 W.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 2942 and 2944 W Wishart St; 3323 W Allegheny Ave; 3212 N 33rd St; and 3216 N Newkirk Street located in the 4th Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Beyond the Bars on its 10th anniversary.
Honoring and Celebrating Beyond the Bars on the Occasion of Their 10th Anniversary for Their Dedication to Empowering Philadelphia's Youth Through Music, Leadership, and Community Engagement
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution honors March as National Reading Month and recognizes the Read by 4th initiative for its work promoting early childhood literacy in Philadelphia.
Honoring March as National Reading Month and Recognizing the "Read by 4th" Initiative for Its Commitment to Early Childhood Literacy.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance creates an automated vehicle-noise enforcement system using stationary cameras and sound-measuring equipment to document violations of Philadelphia’s motor-vehicle noise limit.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to revise procedures for operation of an automated vehicle noise enforcement system and creating Section 12-1138, entitled "Automated Vehicle Noise Enforcement".
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill, which is currently in Council, would expand eligibility for wage-tax and net-profits-tax relief for low-income Philadelphia residents and non-residents.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," and Chapter 19-2800, entitled "Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Tax on Wages and Net Profits," to expand eligibility for wage tax and net profits tax relief; to further reduce wage and net profits tax rates for low-income non-residents; and to provide for grants to low-income City residents in an amount equivalent to the PICA portion of wage and net profits taxes paid; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill would replace Philadelphia’s current personal property tax chapter with an annual tax beginning in 2026 on the value of certain intangible personal property owned by city residents, above $100,000, at a rate of four mills (0.4%).
Amending Chapter 19-1100 of The Philadelphia Code ("Personal Property Taxes") by deleting all existing Sections and replacing them with an annual tax on certain intangible personal property, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill would increase the exemption from Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code ("Business Income and Receipts Taxes") to increase the amount of exemption from the receipts portion of the Business Income and Receipts Tax, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.