Child sex abuse bill passes Pa. House, still faces long odds in the Senate
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a long-awaited bill to open a retroactive window for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse to sue their abusers. The action comes after years of setbacks for the beleaguered bill, which still faces long odds in the Senate.
Speaker of the House Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) has long supported the measure, as he was raped by a Catholic priest as a child. The embattled speaker said he would not address any other legislation until this measure passed, despite months of procedural partisan bickering.
Rozzi made one last impassioned speech before the final vote on HB 1, a constitutional amendment.
“Put yourself in my position of a 13-year-boy being raped in the shower. Do you think I knew what the statute of limitations was? My statute of limitations was two years. That’s why we’re giving two years back to these victims, and they sure as hell deserve it,” he said.
Two bills ultimately passed in the House, each taking a different route to the same goal. Both measures were introduced to increase the chance one gets signed into law.
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Speaker of the House Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) has long supported the measure, as he was raped by a Catholic priest as a child. The embattled speaker said he would not address any other legislation until this measure passed, despite months of procedural partisan bickering.
Rozzi made one last impassioned speech before the final vote on HB 1, a constitutional amendment.
“Put yourself in my position of a 13-year-boy being raped in the shower. Do you think I knew what the statute of limitations was? My statute of limitations was two years. That’s why we’re giving two years back to these victims, and they sure as hell deserve it,” he said.
Two bills ultimately passed in the House, each taking a different route to the same goal. Both measures were introduced to increase the chance one gets signed into law.
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