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TexasTowelie

(116,823 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 04:18 AM Jan 2022

Bill to extend legal window for child sex abuse survivors unlikely to see a Pa. Senate vote

Despite pleas from advocates and a recent request from the governor, a bill that would open a two-year window for child sex abuse survivors to pursue civil lawsuits against their abusers is unlikely to see a floor vote as the Pennsylvania Senate returns to session this month.

Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, who controls the upper chamber’s voting calendar, remains unchanged in her thinking that the constitutional amendment process remains the best legal path to extending the statute of limitations.

Erica Clayton Wright, a spokesperson for Ward, declined to answer further questions about the legislation and a possible Senate vote Monday. Instead, Wright cited previous statements made by Ward, who has argued there is no legal precedent to affirm extending a window legislatively.

If it weren’t for an advertising error made last year by the Department of State, the window for child sex abuse survivors would have appeared on the May primary election ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment. Lawmakers considered an emergency process to get the proposed change on the ballot, but that failed, with Ward saying in March that it did not meet emergency status criteria.

Read more: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/bill-to-extend-legal-window-for-child-sex-abuse-survivors-unlikely-to-see-a-pa-senate-vote/

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Bill to extend legal window for child sex abuse survivors unlikely to see a Pa. Senate vote (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP
Wow, based on your posts this morning, PA is one royally screwed up State these days. I already KPN Jan 2022 #1
It wasn't my intention to portray Pennsylvania in a negative light. TexasTowelie Jan 2022 #2
Heavily gerrymandered RWNJ state legislature Freddie Jan 2022 #3

KPN

(16,111 posts)
1. Wow, based on your posts this morning, PA is one royally screwed up State these days. I already
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 06:59 AM
Jan 2022

knew that, but not to the extent it actually is. Idiocracy certainly has a grip on PA voters and electoral processes it seems.

TexasTowelie

(116,823 posts)
2. It wasn't my intention to portray Pennsylvania in a negative light.
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 10:40 AM
Jan 2022

They have some problems to address, but they are in the same boat as many other states. The citizens of the state are fortunate that they have a rational Democratic governor who has provided the leadership necessary to avoid bigger blunders.

I haven't finished my posts for Pennsylvania since I'll be looking at the Pittsburgh media sites. I'll try to find some good news to offset the gloom and doom posts since you pointed out the trend.

Freddie

(9,696 posts)
3. Heavily gerrymandered RWNJ state legislature
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:53 AM
Jan 2022

Pennsyltucky runs the state. If it weren’t for Gov Wolf we’d be Mississippi North.

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