HOUSE AMENDED
A09177
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
261
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SCARNATI, CORMAN AND GORDNER, JANUARY 30, 2017
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 4, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time,
further providing for SIX MONTHS LIMITATION, FOR infancy,
insanity or imprisonment, for no limitation applicable and
for other offenses; and, in matters affecting government
units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity
and, FOR LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES, for exceptions to
governmental immunity AND FOR LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES.
Amending Title 44 (Law and Justice) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, establishing the Truth and Restoration
Commission and the Truth and Restoration Fund and providing
for duties, participation, immunity and barred claims.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The Remedies Clause found in section 11 of Article I
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania has been interpreted by
the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to provide a constitutional
guarantee of access to legal remedies and defenses.
(2) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has interpreted the
Remedies Clause as providing a vested right to accrued
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