Exiting Pennsylvania Governor Wants Lawmakers to Increase Statute of Limitations for Victims of Child Sex Abuse
Exiting Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf was suddenly moved, Friday, to call for a special session of the General Assembly—House and Senate—for Monday, Jan. 9, to propose a constitutional amendment to retroactively extend the timeline for victims of childhood sexual abuse to file civil actions.
Wolf has had almost two years to work with the General Assembly on this issue after the Department of State failed to publicly advertise the proposed amendment would appear on a statewide ballot, as required by law. As a result of the failure to advertise, then-Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, who oversaw the state’s 2020 election, stepped down….