COLUMBUS (OH)
Dayton Daily News
Staff and Wire Reports
COLUMBUS | State lawmakers dropped a proposal Tuesday to allow victims of sexual abuse to file lawsuits in cases up to 35 years old.
Victims' advocates lambasted House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, for striking what they see as the bill's most important provision, which would have allowed a one-year window for abuse victims who missed the lawsuit deadline to sue.
Husted said leaders were unable to reach a compromise that satisfied church officials and a victims' support network.
The change was among revisions to a bill that the House Judiciary Committee approved Tuesday. The House is expected to pass the bill. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said the Senate likely would agree with the changes.