HARRISBURG, April 3 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi, joined by other senior state leaders, will host a news conference calling on the Pennsylvania Senate’s Republican leadership to allow an up-or-down vote on legislation that would extend Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors. Also in attendance will be national victims’ rights advocate and constitutional law scholar Marci Hamilton. Hamilton is chief executive officer of Child USA, an interdisciplinary think tank to prevent child abuse and neglect. The press conference will take place at 10:30 am Monday, April 4 at the Capitol Rotunda. Media coverage is invited. Rozzi’s House Bill 951 would provide a retroactive two-year window for victims abused during childhood to file civil lawsuits, no matter how long ago the abuse took place. It also would partially lift sovereign immunity protection for public institutions in sexual abuse cases, holding both public and private institutions accountable. The bill passed the House by a margin of 149-52 on April 7, 2021. Fourteen days later, it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 11-3. It has not advanced from there despite the advocacy of hundreds of abuse survivors, including Rozzi himself. In 2019, Rozzi led the successful effort to abolish Pennsylvania’s criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse. Questions may be directed to Rep. Mark Rozzi at 717-783-3290. Read more
TEMPLE, Sept. 17 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi will host a free shredding event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at his district office. Rozzi’s office is at 4933 Kutztown Road, Temple. Residents of the 126 th District are invited to bring any papers containing confidential or personal information to have them securely shredded. “Shredding old documents helps to keep personal information out of the hands of identity thieves,” said Rozzi, D-Berks. “I’m glad to be able to help make this service easily available for community members.” Anyone with questions can call Rozzi’s office at 610-921-8921. ### Read more
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The 2018-2019 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program – LIHEAP – is accepting applications for heating assistance grants. LIHEAP offers cash grants of $200 to $1,000 that are sent directly to the utility company to defray heating costs for eligible households, and crisis benefits of up to $600 for households in immediate danger of being without heat. Remember: These are grants and do not have to be repaid. This season’s income guidelines for both LIHEAP cash and crisis grants are $18,210 for an individual, $24,690 for couples and increases for each additional person in the household. Please click here for more LIHEAP information. Please consider visiting my office if you need help filing a LIHEAP application. Besides my office, LIHEAP information is available by: Contacting local County Assistance offices by phone or in person. Calling the LIHEAP Client Helpline at 1-866-857-7095 or PA Relay at 711 for the hearing impaired. Applying online at https://www.compass.state.pa.us . Read more
"We will get the "window to justice" passed, as was intended by all of the grand jury recommendations over the past 14 years." Read more
In a last ditch and shameful effort to defend those institutions that sexually abused children and then covered up the abuse, Senator Scarnati refused to bring up Senate Bill 261 for a vote. Read more
HARRISBURG, Oct. 17 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi today released the following statement regarding ongoing negotiations over statutes of limitation reform: “Speculation is that the Senate Majority Caucus plans to amend S.B. 261 to strip institutions from the statute of limitations window for victims of sexual abuse. This is completely unacceptable. A window that does not include institutions is not a window at all. Victims have endured a lifetime of suffering as a result of being sexually abused and then having that abuse covered up by the institutions that abused them. To exclude institutions from the window is just another step toward denying victims the relief that they desperately deserve. This is not a true window to justice.” Rozzi will release further remarks following the review of proposed language. Read more
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READING, Oct. 12 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi today announced several local municipalities were awarded grants to boost recycling and leaf collection programs. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded $37 million in Recycling Development and Implementation Grants to 195 county and municipal governments for recycling collections and education, as well as leaf litter pickup. The following local municipalities received grants: Berks County Solid Waste Authority - $85,545 Lower Alsace Township - $283,249 Muhlenberg Township - $335,619 Reading City - $349,992 West Reading Borough - $141,772 “This funding helps encourage our local government agencies to offer programs that make it easier for residents to recycle and take better care of our environment,” said Rozzi, D-Berks. “I’m pleased to see the state award these grants, and I’ll continue to support efforts to promote the importance of recycling in our communities.” Projects eligible for the grants include operating leaf compost facilities, developing web-based programs on recycling for consumers, expanding recycling processing facilities, and continuing or creating curbside recycling programs. Learn more at www.dep.pa.gov . Read more
HARRISBURG, Oct. 12 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, today called a recent proposal from Senate leaders on statute of limitations reform “unacceptable” and said that a “window to justice” is essential for abuse victims. “Victims want their day in court. They want to expose predators and those who covered up crimes,” Rozzi said. “They want to protect other children from being harmed. They want a path to justice and healing, and the window is the only way to achieve that.” Last month, the House overwhelmingly passed Rozzi’s “#WindowtoJustice” amendment to S.B. 261, which incorporated the key recommendation from four Grand Jury investigations of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania – the 2005 and 2011 reports on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, the 2016 report on the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, and the August 2018 report on six dioceses in Pennsylvania. The window has been fiercely opposed by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania. The bill was returned to the Senate, where Republican leaders have opposed the window in the past and offered an alternative proposal which featured “troubling” concepts, including a court process for victims to place perpetrators on a public registry and a one-year period of time for victims to access a compensation fund voluntarily set up by organizations via a tribunal. That proposal does not Read more
READING, Oct. 11 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi will host a free shredding event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at his district office. “Shredding old documents that contain confidential information is a great way to protect yourself from identity theft,” said Rozzi, D-Berks. “This event makes it easy to dispose of those papers safely. The shredded papers will be recycled, so it’s better for the environment, too.” The event will take place in the parking lot behind the office at 4933 Kutztown Road, Temple. Residents of the 126 th District can bring up to 10 boxes of documents to be securely shredding on site and recycled. Attendees are advised to remove all plastic bags, tape and paper clips in advance. Anyone with questions should contact Rozzi’s office at 610-921-8921. Read more
READING, Oct. 10 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi congratulated the City of Reading on being awarded $300,000 in state funding to rehabilitate Baer Park and the Sixth and Amity Streets Playground. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources awarded the grant, made available through the Keystone Fund, on Tuesday. Work at Baer Park will include renovation of a basketball court, construction of a spray pad water feature and new walkways. At the Sixth and Amity Streets Playground, work will include new playground equipment, as well as renovation of a basketball court, construction of a spray pad, and walkways. “These parks are immensely important to our neighborhoods, offering space for recreational activity and serving as community gathering places. This funding is an investment in improving the quality of life for residents of Reading,” said Rozzi, D-Berks. “I’m pleased that Governor Wolf and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources saw the value of improving these parks.” DCNR’s Keystone Fund is celebrating 25 years of supporting thousands of community improvements in Pennsylvania. Learn more by visiting www.dcnr.pa.gov and clicking on “grants.” Read more
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READING, Oct. 4 – State Rep. Mark Rozzi announced that Muhlenberg School District was awarded a state grant aimed at improving school safety. Muhlenberg School District was awarded an $18,890 grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Safe Schools Targeted grant program. “It’s become clear in recent years that we have to do more to protect our children, including while they are in school,” said Rozzi, D-Berks. “I’m glad to see Muhlenberg School District awarded this grant to help enhance the programs they have in place to ensure student safety. If our students feel safe, they can concentrate on learning.” The Education Department awarded $8.4 million in Safe Schools Targeted grants Thursday. The funding includes program grants for school entities to establish programs to prevent and reduce violence; equipment grants to help school entities procure security or safety equipment; funding for the training and compensation of school resource officers, employed by law enforcement agencies and assigned to schools, and school police officers, employed directly by school districts. More information on the grants can be found here. Rozzi also supported the creation of a new $60 million School Safety and Security Grant program to be administered through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency . The deadline for schools to apply for those grants is Oct. 12. Read more
Pa. House gives final passage to child sex abuse bill; Senate consideration is next Read more
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