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Survivors of abuse “stormed out” of a Tuesday meeting with Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward about a bill to give victims more time to sue their abusers, while Ward’s spokeswoman said some survivors threw props at the senator before leaving.
Jillian Ruck, the executive director of the advocacy organization Child USA, told the USA TODAY Network Pennsylvania State Capital Bureau that the survivors who met with Ward grew increasingly frustrated in three minutes of speaking with the majority leader.
“It did not go well, and the survivors stormed out,” Ruck said.
The tense meeting reflected the growing discontent over whether Pennsylvania will pass a law to give those abused the right to sue their accusers after a constitutional amendment failed to get on this year s ballot due a clerical error.
An emotionally charged discussion over a bill giving sexual abuse victims more time to sue their abusers on Wednesday ended with a state Senate committee approving the legislation.
In a 11-3 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed House Bill 951, which the House passed 149-52 on April 7. The bill, which gives victims a two-year expanded window to file civil suits, now goes to the full Senate for consideration.
State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Luzerne County, the chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee, said that pursuing a constitutional amendment is the “legally prudent” way to allow victims to seek justice.
Yet she said she was backing the statutory remedy after the failure of the Pennsylvania Department of State to properly advertise an amendment ended the constitutional effort for this year.