NY Senate Won't Take up Child Victim's Act

By Jon Campbell
Journal News
June 20, 2017

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A bill to extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse crimes will not get a vote in the state Senate before lawmakers leave town this week, according to the Senate's Republican leader.

Majority Leader John Flanagan, R-Suffolk County, told reporters Tuesday that the Senate would not take up the Child Victim's Act, which supporters have pushed as a way for abuse survivors to seek charges or civil cases after they've grown older.

“It’s under discussion, but the Senate is not going to be taking that bill up," Flanagan said after exiting a meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders.

Versions of the bill have bounced around at the Capitol for more than a decade, but none have yet to make it through both houses of the Legislature.

The Assembly approved a version of the bill on June 7 that would allow abuse victims to seek criminal charges until they turn age 28, up from the current 23.

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