Pennsylvania’s governor approves legislation to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges.
penalties for people who are required to report suspected child abuse but fail to do so.
The multi-year amendment process has begun, but the bill must again pass both the House and Senate in the 2021-22 legislative session before voters will decide its fate. Wolf and Shapiro urged lawmakers to take up the two-year window for lawsuits rather than wait for the constitutional amendment process to play out.
The main bill in the legislative package ends any statute of limitations, in future cases, for criminal prosecution of major child sexual abuse crimes. Current law limits it to the victim’s 50th birthday.
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