SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2206
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVETRENT.
4652H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections516.120and516.140,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
relatingtothestatuteoflimitationsforpersonalinjuryclaims.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections516.120and516.140,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections516.120and516.140,toreadasfollows:
516.120.Withinfiveyears:
2 (1)Allactionsuponcontracts,obligationsorliabilities,expressorimplied,except
3thosementionedinsection516.110andsection516.140, andexceptuponjudgmentsor
4decreesofacourtofrecord,andexceptwhereadifferenttimeishereinlimited;
5 (2)Anactionuponaliabilitycreatedbyastatuteotherthanapenaltyorforfeiture;
6 (3)Anactionfortrespassonrealestate;
7 (4)Anactionfortaking,detainingorinjuringanygoodsorchattels,includingactions
8fortherecoveryofspecificpersonalproperty[, orforanyotherinjurytothepersonorrights
9ofanother,notarisingoncontractandnothereinotherwiseenumerated];
10 (5)Anactionforreliefonthegroundoffraud,thecauseofactioninsuchcasetobe
11deemednottohaveaccrueduntilthediscoverybytheaggrievedparty,atanytimewithinten
12years,ofthefactsconstitutingthefraud.
516.140.Withintwoyears:
2 (1)Anactionforlibel,slander,injuriousfalsehood,assault,battery,false
3imprisonment,criminalconversation,maliciousprosecutionoractionsbroughtunder
4section290.140[.];
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 5 (2)Anactionbyanemployeeforthepaymentofunpaidminimumwages,unpaid
6overtimecompensationorliquidateddamagesbyreasonofthenonpaymentofminimum
7wagesorovertimecompensation,andfortherecoveryofanyamountunderandbyvirtueof
8theprovisionsoftheFairLaborStandardsActof1938andamendmentsthereto,suchact
9beinganactofCongress,shallbebroughtwithintwoyearsafterthecauseaccrued;
10 (3)AnactionthataccruesonorafterAugust28,2022,foranyinjurytothe
11personorrightsofanother,notarisingoncontractandnototherwiseprovidedforby
12law,includingactionsforpersonalinjuryorbodilyinjury;
13 (4)AnactionthataccruesonorafterAugust28,2022,againstaninsurer
14relatingtouninsuredmotoristcoverageorunderinsuredmotoristcoverage,including
15anyactiontoenforcesuchcoverage.
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