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Votes at a glance: major actions taken by Philadelphia City Council on April 28, 2026
Summary
Council approved a broad slate of measures — including tenant-protection ordinances, an ICE-out package, multiple land transfers via the Land Bank, code and building-code updates, appointments and honorary resolutions — summarized here with outcomes.
Philadelphia City Council’s April 28 session produced multiple final-passage votes and adopted several resolutions. Highlights recorded in the session include:
- Bills passed on final reading: 2550329A (property licenses / owner accountability; proactive inspection program), 2550330A (landlord-tenant protections including good-cause and habitability presumptions), and a package of immigration-related bills (26056–26062 range) restricting certain forms of local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, procurement limitations and nondiscrimination protections. Roll-call tallies are recorded in the clerk’s transcript for each bill.
- Committee reports and first-reading actions included capital-program revisions and transfer/appropriation actions (bills 260213, 260214, 260215) that the Appropriations Committee reported favorably.
- The council recorded a set of property-transfer resolutions and mayoral communications authorizing Philadelphia Land Bank disposals (multiple addresses listed in the mayor’s transmitted messages) and deeds transferring fee simple title among city entities.
- Several honorary and appointment resolutions were adopted (reappointments to the Citizens Police Oversight Commission, multiple street renamings, heritage-month recognitions and retiree acknowledgements).
Full roll-call tallies and the clerk’s record are in the session transcript; departments and committees were directed to follow up on implementation details, procurement adjustments and budgetary estimates for the newly adopted ordinances.
