Wolf’s first order of business for 2019 was to implement a web-based program to help persons take advantage of Pennsylvania’s new “Clean Slate” law. Wolf said he would stress further progress on common-sense criminal justice reforms in his second term, which is set to begin Jan. 15.

The Clean Slate law, which went into effect Dec. 26, seals low-level criminal records after 10 years without a subsequent criminal arrest. The prime sponsor of the measure, state Rep. Sheryl Delozier, R-Cumberland, said the measure would help persons overcome mistakes they made in the past and join the labor force.