March 27, 2020
Governor Tom Wolf signed four bills today to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania that bolster the health care system, benefit workers and schools, and reschedule the 2020 primary election for June 2. The governor signed House Bill 1232, which provides $50 million for the Wolf administration to purchase medical equipment and supplies for hospitals,…
March 27, 2020
El Gobernador Tom Wolf firmó cuatro proyectos de ley hoy para luchar contra la pandemia de la COVID-19 en Pennsylvania que refuerzan el sistema de atención médica, beneficia a los trabajadores y las escuelas, y reprograma las elecciones primarias de 2020 para el 2 de junio. El gobernador firmó el Proyecto de ley 1232 de…
February 05, 2020
Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 60 into law today, elevating a human trafficking offense to a first-degree felony, increasing fines and prison times, and changing the definition of child in the current statute to include anyone under age 18 instead of age 16. “The trafficking of humans is unthinkable and that of children is…
November 27, 2019
Governor Tom Wolf signed House Bill 97 and Senate Bill 473, which amends tobacco legislation to prohibit the sale of any tobacco, nicotine or related item to anyone under 21 years of age. The legislation also expands the definition of a tobacco product to include e-cigarettes and other vaping products, and expressly prohibits the possession…
November 26, 2019
Governor Tom Wolf, joined by Attorney General Josh Shapiro, bill sponsors Reps. Mark Rozzi, Todd Stephens, and Jim Gregory; legislators; advocates and survivors of childhood sexual abuse, signed three bills that mirror the Grand Jury’s recommendations after its investigation into child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. “After tireless and passionate work on the part of…
