Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Dec. 2. The Pennsylvania Senate was in recess at press time subject to the call of President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson. The state House of Representatives was in recess and set to return to session Dec. 9.

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Water Contamination

The Wolf administration issued a statement Dec. 5 stating that even though there have been regional incidents of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, those have not been widespread throughout Pennsylvania.

The report was issued under a September 2018 executive order creating a PFAS Action Team. According to a Wolf administration statement, the team has taken steps to identify and address contamination and establish a cleanup plan that will result in every Pennsylvanian having water free from PFAS contamination.