The Fortney sisters of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, testified before the Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees on legislation to remove the statute of limitations in certain sexual abuse cases. It passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on March 11. Front row, left to right: Patty Fortney-Julius and Carolyn Fortney. Barck row, left to right: Saundra Fortney-Colello and Lara Fortney-McKeever. (Photo by Suzette Parmley/ALM)
Another round of hugs was exchanged among victims of sexual assault on Monday after A-3648, the bill removing the statute of limitations for civil suits alleging certain sexual offenses, cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 4-0-2 vote.
The Assembly bill’s approval came in shortly before 4 p.m. after three hours of testimony—taking up just over half the time and number of victims at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s prolonged hearing last Thursday on the Senate version, S-477. At that hearing, close to four dozen victims testified.
