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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, reforming remedies for victims of sexual abuse: in limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation, for infancy, insanity or imprisonment, for no limitation applicable and for other offenses; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages in actions against Commonwealth parties, for exceptions to governmental immunity and for limitations on damages in actions against local parties; in sentencing alternatives, providing for counseling services for victims of sexual abuse; and transferring money from the General Fund into the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund."
description: "An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, reforming remedies for victims of sexual abuse: in limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation, for infancy, insanity or imprisonment, for no limitation applicable and for other offenses; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages in actions against Commonwealth parties, for exceptions to governmental immunity and for limitations on damages in actions against local parties; in sentencing alternatives, providing for counseling services for victims of sexual abuse; and transferring money from the General Fund into the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 962"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 962 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rozzi"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f49469b-95e9-4400-80fd-5f442b4bc95a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=H&type=B&BN=962"
source_hash: "59ac6525a6a56fb7ec0ec92447483686699793f4b81c427f2f74b616bb46112b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---
# Pennsylvania HB 962 (2019-2020) — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, reforming remedies for victims of sexual abuse: in limitation of time, further providing for six months limitation, for infancy, insanity or imprisonment, for no limitation applicable and for other offenses; in matters affecting government units, further providing for exceptions to sovereign immunity, for limitations on damages in actions against Commonwealth parties, for exceptions to governmental immunity and for limitations on damages in actions against local parties; in sentencing alternatives, providing for counseling services for victims of sexual abuse; and transferring money from the General Fund into the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendment A00662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=1187&aYear=2019&an=00662)
2. **Printer's No. 1131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0962&pn=1131)
3. **Printer's No. 1187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0962&pn=1187)
4. **Printer's No. 1352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0962&pn=1352)
5. **Printer's No. 2891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0962&pn=2891)
6. **Printer's No. 2938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2019&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0962&pn=2938)
7. **Senate Amendment A03876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=1352&aYear=2019&an=03876)
8. **Senate Amendment A03953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=2891&aYear=2019&an=03953)
9. **Senate Amendment A03954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=2891&aYear=2019&an=03954)
10. **Senate Amendment A03961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=2891&aYear=2019&an=03961)
11. **Senate Amendment A04106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/HA/Public/HaCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sYear=2019&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=0962&pn=2891&aYear=2019&an=04106)
## Votes
- HB 962 PN 2891, A4106, BAKER AMENDMENT NO. A-4106 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 962 PN 2891, A3953, KEARNEY AMENDMENT NO. A-3953 — **20–28** (fail) · upper
- HB 962 PN 2891, A3961, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-3961 — **20–28** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **187–5** (pass) · lower
- HB 962 PN 2938, CONCUR — **182–5** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (JUDICIARY): Reported as Amended — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 962 PN 1187, 2019 A662, GREGORY — **197–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 962 PN 2891, A3954, MUTH AMENDMENT NO. A-3954 — **20–28** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rozzi — primary (person)
- Briggs — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory — cosponsor (person)
- Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Kinsey — cosponsor (person)
- Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Sims — cosponsor (person)
- T. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Webster — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1131 Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1187 Corrective Reprint, Printer's No. 1187
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2019-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1352 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2891 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** PN 2938 Amended on third consideration
- **2019-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2019-11-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f49469b-95e9-4400-80fd-5f442b4bc95a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).
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