Lawmakers launch new push for child sex abuse lawsuit window
Lawmakers launch new push for child sex abuse lawsuit window March 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania lawmakers on Monday launched a rarely used emergency process to amend the state constitution, advancing a proposal that would give victims of child sexual abuse a 2-year window to file otherwise outdated civil lawsuits. The House Judiciary Committee voted for the amendment, drafted because the Department of State under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf failed to make the required advertisement of a different version of the amendment that had passed both legislative cha...
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