PENNSYLVANIA, January 31 - PRINTER'S NO. 202

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

236

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, BARTOLOTTA, STEFANO AND YAW,

JANUARY 31, 2023

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 31, 2023

AN ACT

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, further

providing for general authority of Governor.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 7301 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 7301. General authority of Governor.

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(g) Limitations.--When a formal disaster declaration

affecting the Commonwealth is made, the Commonwealth must

identify the base level of essential business operations and

services by utilizing the United States Department of Homeland

Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's

Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers Guidance Version 4.1

to identify the base level of essential business operations and

services. The Commonwealth may adopt a more broad list of

essential business operations and services than what is included

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