PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive
By The Associated Press
on December 18, 2013
Pennsylvania has its first new laws in the state Legislature’s wide-ranging response to the Jerry Sandusky and Roman Catholic clergy scandals.
Gov. Tom Corbett made the bills official during a Wednesday signing ceremony at the Pennsylvania Child Resource Center outside Harrisburg.
Lawmakers have approved a half-dozen bills that update nearly 20-year-old state laws on how cases of suspected child abuse are defined, investigated and punished.
About 20 bills are part of the legislative package.
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