PRINTER'S NO. 898
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
682
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, A. WILLIAMS, FONTANA, SCHWANK,
BREWSTER, COLLETT, HAYWOOD AND MUTH, JUNE 6, 2019
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 6, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in limitation of time,
further providing for two year limitation and for no
limitation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5524(1), (2) and (7) of Title 42 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 5524. Two year limitation.
The following actions and proceedings must be commenced
within two years:
(1) [An] Except as provided in section 5531(4) (relating
to no limitation), an action for assault, battery, false
imprisonment, false arrest, malicious prosecution or
malicious abuse of process.
(2) [An] Except as provided in section 5531(4), an
action to recover damages for injuries to the person or for
the death of an individual caused by the wrongful act or
neglect or unlawful violence or negligence of another.
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