Pa. House Panel To Vote On GOP-Backed Plan To Elect Judges By Zone

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Proposed changes to the Pennsylvania Constitution to temporarily permit lawsuits over child sexual abuse that occurred many years ago and to elect state appeals court judges by zone rather than statewide will be taken up Wednesday by a state House committee.
The Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on whether to allow a two-year “window” during which people could file civil lawsuits outside the statute of limitations that existed at the time they were