MARYLAND
The Baltimore Sun
Pamela Wood
The Baltimore Sun
Year after year, Del. C.T. Wilson gathered his courage, told his colleagues about how he was abused as a child and urged them to allow victims more time to file lawsuits against their abuser.
And year after year, Wilson saw the bill die in a House of Delegates committee without ever being called for a vote.
That changed Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee — where the bill had been bottled up — voted to advance Wilson’s bill to the full chamber, where he expects the bill to pass easily.
“I had no idea it was going to pass,” said Wilson, a Charles County Democrat. “I figured I would fight every year.”
Wilson said he found out just hours beforehand that the committee would hear more testimony on the bill and hold a vote. He said it was a relief after spending the past three years giving painful testimony.
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