Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of April 13. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time, subject to a 12-hour call to session. Each house was operating under social distancing practices, as the Pennsylvania Senate has instituted remote voting and the state House of Representatives has allowed voting by proxy, through party whips.

Coronavirus Control

Gov. Tom Wolf indicated April 15 that he would veto a measure passed by the General Assembly aimed at speeding up the process of reopening businesses shuttered in response to the administration’s “stay-at-home” orders.