Record Expungement Reps. John T. Galloway, D-Bucks County, and Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Philadelphia, issued a memorandum stating their plan to extend the statute of repose to attain civil action against builders or contractors whose construction work led to defects or deficiencies caused by incorrect planning or construction.

Currently, according to the memorandum, state law caps the statute of repose at 12 years. Their legislation, according to their memo, would extend the statute to 20 years.

“This legislation extends the statute of repose to 20 years to ensure that builders may be held accountable for unacceptable construction practices and that consumers are protected from bearing the entire cost-burden for repairing their decaying homes,” the representatives said in the memo.

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