Adults who were sexually abused as children in Pennsylvania may face another year without the proposed opportunity to bring civil claims that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations. As the state's legislative session winds down, the Republican-controlled Senate has yet to pass legislation establishing a proposed two-year window that would allow eligible survivors to file otherwise time-barred lawsuits.
The state House approved the latest version of a proposed constitutional amendment in June, but the Senate has not passed it this session. Both chambers approved an amendment in 2021, three years after a landmark grand jury report detailed child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania's Catholic dioceses, but a clerical error by former Governor Tom Wolf's administration prevented it from reaching the ballot.
