Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a flurry of bills Thursday, including energy tax credits, decriminalization of fentanyl test strips and help for autonomous vehicles, as the two-year legislative session winds down.
The 66 bills he approved include a package of tax credits, the Pennsylvania Economic Development for a Growing Economy program, that aims to promote Pennsylvania as a site for one of the hydrogen energy hubs being funded with federal subsidies.
"I recognize that in order for hydrogen to play a meaningful role in reducing emissions, we must ensure that the hydrogen used is truly ‘clean’ through stringent emissions standards," he said. "We must also commit to strong and equitable community protections to prevent impacts to already overburdened communities and to guide benefits to communities that need them."
Wolf additionally signed legislation to allow for driverless testing and use of autonomous vehicles, in an effort to grow jobs, improve safety and address supply chain shortages. Wolf also signed legislation spurred by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Under the bill, the state Treasury Department and the state’s three public pension funds must divest holdings in Russian and Belarussian companies sanctioned by the federal government. Officials at those agencies had said in the earliest days of the invasion that they were moving to sell any securities connected to those countries.
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