THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FONTANA, SCHWANK, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, COSTA, BROWNE, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, WARD, MENSCH AND BAKER, JANUARY 13, 2012

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 13, 2012  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for

infancy, insanity or imprisonment.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 5533(b)(2)(i) of Title 42 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 5533.  Infancy, insanity or imprisonment.

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(b)  Infancy.--

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(2)  (i)  If an individual entitled to bring a civil

action arising from childhood sexual abuse is under 18

years of age at the time the cause of action accrues, the

individual shall have a period of [12] 22 years after

attaining 18 years of age in which to commence an action

for damages regardless of whether the individual files a

criminal complaint regarding the childhood sexual abuse.

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Section 2.  The amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 5533(b)(2)(i)

shall apply to civil actions instituted on or after the

effective date of this section.

Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.