Bill Title: Reforming remedies for victims of sexual abuse: in limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation, for infancy, insanity or imprisonment, for no limitation applicable and for other offenses; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages in actions against Commonwealth parties, for exceptions to governmental immunity and for limitations on damages in actions against local parties; in sentencing alternatives, providing for counseling services for victims of sexual abuse; and transferring money from the General Fund into the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-26 - Act No. 87 [HB962 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Mark Rozzi [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-126	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Gregory [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Briggs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-149	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stephen Kinsey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-201	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Liz Hanbidge [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Webster [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-150	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ben Sanchez [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-153	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brian Sims [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-182	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tina Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-141	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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