(File Photo of State Representative Roman Kozak)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a Facebook post from State Representative Roman Kozak, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously reported House Bill 808 in Pennsylvania, also known as Nicholas’ Law. This would get rid of the statute of limitations for crimes against a care-dependent person that is nonverbal. These crimes are aggravated assault, abuse or neglect, rape, involuntary deviate sexual assault and simple assault. Kozak named the law after Nicholas Maravich, who could not be able to communicate the actions of abuse from a staff member at a local resident facility. Maravich passed away later because of the abuse.