Four Ohio House Democrats are calling for movement on two bills introduced this year on sexual assault-related issues.
would extend the time for the prosecution of rapists and allow 25 more years for childhood sexual assault victims to sue their attackers. It would also remove the cap on pain and suffering damages for rape victims. It鈥檚 had one hearing.
Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Kristin Boggs (D-Columbus) has introduced it three times.
"I will continue to introduce them until they are passed whether or not I think they鈥檙e going to be successful in this General Assembly or not, because these survivors and Ohioans deserve to have someone who鈥檚 actually fighting for them in the state legislature," Boggs said.
The bill's joint sponsor is Rep. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington).
sponsored by Reps. Tavia Galonski (D-Akron) and Jessica Miranda (D-Forest Park) would change Ohio's law on spousal exceptions for rape to allow people who drug and force their spouses into sex to be charged with sexual battery. It鈥檚 had no hearings.
The Democrats, all women, said Republicans fear a flood of lawsuits if the bills are passed. But in the past, , Attorney General Dave Yost and former Attorney Generals Betty Montgomery and Nancy Rogers .
Republican leaders recently indicated they never planned to they held hearings on last year to in the 1980s and 90s to sue, but were trying to get the university to settle for them.
said he did so because the statute of limitations to sue him had expired.
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