Building on his criminal justice reforms and fulfilling a recommendation to modernize job licensing, Governor Tom Wolf today signed Senate Bill 637, which removes outdated licensing barriers so skilled workers with criminal records can get a second chance and start good careers. The governor has advocated for sweeping changes to the licensing process for years.…
En el día de la fecha, el Gobernador Tom Wolf firmó el Proyecto de ley 637 del Senado, que se basa en sus reformas de la justicia penal y en su promesa de cumplir con una recomendación para modernizar las habilitaciones de trabajo, para eliminar los obstáculos obsoletos con respecto a las habilitaciones para que…
Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 2418, which extends the sunset date for the Geospatial Coordinating Board by four years; and provides for the Treasury to submit a COVID-19 debt cost reduction review to the General Assembly. The bill also requires SERS/PSERS to provide annual baseline projections to the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO),…
El Gobernador Tom Wolf firmó el proyecto de ley 2418 de la Cámara de Representantes, que extiende la fecha de expiración de la Junta de Coordinación Geoespacial por cuatro años; y establece que el Tesoro presente una revisión de reducción de costos de deuda de COVID-19 a la Asamblea General. El proyecto de ley también…
Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 275 today, which allows previous convictions of strangulation to be considered in sentencings for subsequent cases and in child custody proceedings. A 2016 law made strangulation a criminal offense and this legislation integrates it with other offenses under state law. “Domestic violence is a horrific crime and we must…
