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MI SB1032

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/11/2022

Primary Sponsor

Curtis Hertel

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Origin

Senate

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Extends the statute of limitations for civil actions based on criminal sexual conduct from age 28 to age 48, or 10 years after the claim accrues, whichever is later.

  • Changes the discovery rule period from 3 years to 7 years after an individual discovers or should have discovered both their injury and its causal relationship to the criminal sexual conduct.

  • Creates a grace period allowing individuals who were victims of criminal sexual conduct before the 2022 amendment to file civil actions within 2 years of the amendment's effective date, regardless of previous time limits.

  • Eliminates the statute of limitations entirely for civil actions if a criminal prosecution results in a conviction for criminal sexual conduct.

  • Removes the previous requirement that a criminal prosecution must have occurred or resulted in conviction for a civil action to proceed, making such actions available based solely on the sexual conduct itself.

Legislative Description

Civil procedure: statute of limitations; civil actions for criminal sexual conduct: extend period of limitations, and add grace period for past occurrences. Amends sec. 5851b of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5851b).

Crimes: criminal sexual conduct

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Judiciary And Public Safety

5/11/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Public Safety5/11/2022

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