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Two state lawmakers – one a Democrat and one a Republican – are proposing a fund to help pay for Child Advocacy Centers that help victims of child sex abuse.

Rep. Kyle Mullins, D-Peckville, and Rep. Jim Rigby, R-Johnstown, are circulating a co-sponsorship memorandum for legislation they are drafting that would create the Child Victim Recovery Fund.

“We will soon introduce bipartisan legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s response to child abuse, exploitation, and trauma by creating a dedicated Child Victim Recovery Fund, funded entirely by fees paid by offenders, not taxpayers,” Rigby and Mullins wrote in their co-sponsorship memorandum.

The legislation, once drafted, would create a mandatory Child Victim Recovery Fee assessed when an individual is convicted, pleads guilty or nolo contendere, or enters diversion for an offense involving a child victim. The fee would be $1,000 for a felony, $400 for a misdemeanor, and $250 for diversion. Individuals on probation or parole for covered offenses would also pay a $15 monthly supervision surcharge.

Scorchingwilde wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 2:09 am Ah yes, because sex offenders who struggle to get jobs more than the average ex-convict definitely have enough money to fund these programs. This is just a way of trying to push homeless MAPs off a cliff into death and those at the poverty line into homelessness, and making them pay for the state's enforced surveillance of them is absolutely disgusting.