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MO SB467
Bill
Status
2/19/2015
Primary Sponsor
Richard Sifton
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AI Summary
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Eliminates the 10-year statute of limitations for civil actions seeking damages for personal injury caused by sexual contact from a relative within the third degree of affinity or consanguinity
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Removes all time limits for civil actions to recover damages from childhood sexual abuse, which previously had to be filed within 10 years of turning 21 or within 3 years of discovering the abuse caused the injury
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Adds "abuse or neglect of a child" to the list of offenses (alongside murder, first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and Class A felonies) that have no statute of limitations for criminal prosecution
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Eliminates the 30-year limitation period for prosecuting unlawful sexual offenses against victims 18 years or younger, allowing such prosecutions to be commenced at any time
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Applies retroactively to actions that would have been previously barred under prior statutes of limitation
Legislative Description
Removes the statute of limitations on civil actions and prosecutions involving offenses against children
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/5/2015