Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Aug. 12. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was scheduled to return to session Sept. 17, and members of the Pennsylvania Senate were set to come back Sept. 23.

Gun Violence

Gov. Tom Wolf on Aug. 15 announced his plan to issue an executive order to put programs in place “to deter gun violence in Pennsylvania.”