Following is a listing of legislative and executive action for the week of Nov. 12. Both houses of the General Assembly are in recess, with no session days scheduled for the remainder of the year. Members of the new Pennsylvania Senate and state House of Representatives are set to be sworn into office on Jan. 1.

Domestic Violence

Gov. Tom Wolf on Nov. 14 thanked advocates for their ongoing support of victims of domestic violence during a ceremonial bill signing of Act 79 of 2018, the first bill to truly take guns away from the dangerous abusers who use them to kill, terrorize and control. Because of the urgency of enacting the legislation, Wolf officially signed the bill into law immediately after receiving it Oct. 12.

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