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Bill White

Pennsylvania House offers pleasant surprises

Polls have shown our state lawmakers are rated dismally by most Pennsylvanians, with good reason.

They have been on a terrible run of dysfunction and ineptitude for years, capped by last year’s disgraceful budget impasse.

So when House lawmakers accomplished TWO really good things in recent weeks, back to back, it was a very pleasant surprise. On March 13, they passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana. They followed up this week by passing a bill that loosens the statutes of limitations in child sex abuse cases, eliminating them for criminal cases and raising the limit to 50 for civil suits, even for people who previously were blocked by the law. …

As for the statute of limitations changes, yes, the House voted overwhelmingly for an amendment proposed by Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, to let all child sex abuse…