PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3068, 3085
PRINTER'S NO. 3163
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1947
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MARSICO AND PETRARCA, APRIL 4, 2016
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
APRIL 11, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time,
further providing 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 exceptions to
governmental immunity.
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] 32 years after
attaining 18 years of age in which to commence an action
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