House lawmakers are, once again, picking up a bill that would make it
easier for victims in child sex abuse cases to sue their abusers.
Early this summer, a Senate panel amended the legislation to get rid of its retroactivity clause, which would have allowed victims to take legal action on assaults dating back decades. But advocates now say they want the original version, or nothing.
http://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2016/09/house-takes-another-whack-at-controversial-child-sex-abuse-bill.php
Early this summer, a Senate panel amended the legislation to get rid of its retroactivity clause, which would have allowed victims to take legal action on assaults dating back decades. But advocates now say they want the original version, or nothing.
http://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2016/09/house-takes-another-whack-at-controversial-child-sex-abuse-bill.php
