{"id":"DUT-PA-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tom Wolf","authority":"Pa. Const. art. IV, sec. 15 (veto)","instrument":"Veto message (Veto No. 19 of 2020)","title":"Veto of House Bill 1737, Printer\u0027s Number 4625 (COVID-19-related liability protection)","dateIssued":"2020-11-30","effective":"2020-11-30 (bill returned without approval; not enacted)","end":"n/a; the consequence (no general COVID-19 liability shield for Pennsylvania businesses) persisted through 2021 Q3","startDate":"2020-11-30","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["businesses; manufacturers, distributors, labelers and users of personal protective equipment; covered providers; school entities (the classes the vetoed bill would have protected)"],"clause":"Providing immunity for a business that does not rigorously comply with public health orders does not ensure the safety of the public, its employees and is not in the public interest.... We should not be providing protection for noncompliance or carelessness.","enforcement":"n/a (ordinary tort liability remained; the only executive immunity for businesses, PA-023 sec. 14, ran \u0027only as related to enforcement of the Secretary of Health\u0027s Updated Order Requiring Universal Face Coverings\u0027 and \u0027shall not apply to liability of employers with respect to their employees\u0027)","functions":[],"notes":"Withheld approval from the General Assembly\u0027s COVID-19 liability bill because it would shield businesses without conditioning protection on rigorous compliance with public health orders; the executive thereby stated compliance with the health orders as the standard of care, and Pennsylvania had no general business liability shield in 2020 or 2021. Character as recorded: not_enacted (veto message; no legal effect).","sourceUrl":"https://www.palegis.us/data/file?document=veto19-hb1737p4625\u0026documenttype=veto\u0026sessionindicator=0\u0026sessionyear=2020","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":38312,"grade":"primary","character":"not_enacted","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-011","citation":"Governor Tom Wolf, Veto message (Veto No. 19 of 2020) (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-011)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-023","DUT-PA-012"]}