HB4306 Summary

• Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions by individuals victimized by criminal sexual conduct while a minor to the later of: 10 years after the claim accrues, age 28, or 6 years after discovering the injury and its causal relationship to the conduct.

• Creates a one-year window for individuals victimized by criminal sexual conduct before the effective date to file civil actions against alleged perpetrators or other persons, regardless of other time limitations.

• Removes the 10-year statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct from Section 5805 and relocates related provisions to Section 5851b focusing specifically on minors.

• Exempts claims under Section 5851b from the notice and filing requirements applicable to claims against the state in the Court of Claims (Sections 6431 and 6452).

• Applies retroactively to pending actions and is declared curative to express the original legislative intent regarding the revised judicature act's application to sexual conduct claims.