HI SB1035

Repeals the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing survivors to file lawsuits at any time regardless of when the abuse occurred.

Removes previous time restrictions that limited lawsuits to eight years after the victim's eighteenth birthday or three years after discovery of psychological injury caused by abuse.

Allows civil claims based on sexual acts that constituted criminal offenses under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapters 707, parts V or VI.

Permits claims against legal entities that employed the abuser or had responsibility over the activity where abuse occurred, requiring a finding of gross negligence.

Takes effect July 1, 2019.