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House advances bills to reopen window for childhood sexual abuse claims after heated debate over constitutional route
Summary
Lawmakers debated and approved a statutory revival measure and a proposed constitutional amendment to create a two-year filing window for survivors of childhood sexual abuse; a floor amendment meant to delay implementation until a constitutional amendment passed failed.
The Pennsylvania House on May 14 considered related measures intended to open a limited two-year window for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file previously time-barred civil claims. Lawmakers debated both a statutory vehicle (House Bill 462) and a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment (House Bill 464).
House Bill 462, described on the floor as a statutory two-year window and waiving sovereign and governmental immunity retroactively to permit actions against the commonwealth and local agencies, drew a floor amendment offered by Representative Miller intended to make the statutory revival take effect only upon voter approval of a companion constitutional amendment. Miller argued the change was necessary…
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