An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, 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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Nov 2019
House Passage
Nov 2019
Senate Passage
Nov 2019
Signed into Law
Nov 2019
Introduced Mar 27, 2019
Signed Nov 26, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Nov 20, 2019 · House Apr 9, 2019
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
Nov 20, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Nov 26, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
lower
Nov 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Senate amendments
lower
Nov 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
lower
Nov 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to RULES
lower
Nov 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
Nov 20, 2019
Introduced
PN 2938 Amended on third consideration
upper
Nov 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Nov 19, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
PN 2891 Reported as amended
upper
Apr 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to JUDICIARY
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Apr 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Apr 9, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (104-0-1)
house
Apr 9, 2019
Committee
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS
lower
Apr 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Committee
PN 1131 Referred to JUDICIARY
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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