ADOPTED

The adopted resolution proposes a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment that would create a section calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to authorize the City to regulate the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms within Philadelphia. The proposed amendment would be submitted to Philadelphia voters and is intended to support constitutionally lawful local measures to prevent and reduce gun violence.

Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter creating a new Chapter 5 entitled "Referenda Approved By The Voters" in Article VIII, Provisions of General Application, and creating a new Section 8-500 entitled "Home Rule Power to Prevent and Reduce Gun Violence" calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will permit Philadelphia to enact constitutionally lawful legislation to prevent and reduce gun violence.