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HB 92 Original 2020 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Provides that delictual actions are subject to a two-year prescriptive period.
Present law provides, with certain exceptions, a one-year prescriptive period for delictual actions
which commences from the day the injury or damage is sustained.
Present law provides a two-year prescriptive period for delictual actions arising from crimes of
violence and provides a three-year prescriptive period for delictual actions arising out of any act of
sexual assault.
Proposed law repeals the one-year prescriptive period, provides that delictual actions are subject to
a two-year prescriptive period, and otherwise retains present law.
(Amends C.C. Art. 3493.10; Repeals C.C. Arts. 3492 and 3493)