| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1132 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPARKER. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2347H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection537.046,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtocivil |
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| 8 | 8 | | actionsforchildhoodsexualabuse,withacontingenteffectivedate. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section537.046,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection537.046,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 537.046.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Childhoodsexualabuse",anyactcommittedbythedefendantagainstthe |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3plaintiffwhichactoccurredwhentheplaintiffwasundertheageofeighteenyearsandwhich |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4actwouldhavebeenaviolationofsection566.030,566.040,566.050,566.060,566.070, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5566.080,566.090,566.100,566.110,or566.120,orsection568.020; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (2)"Injury"or"illness",eitheraphysicalinjuryorillnessorapsychologicalinjuryor |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7illness.Apsychologicalinjuryorillnessneednotbeaccompaniedbyphysicalinjuryor |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8illness. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 2.Anyactiontorecoverdamagesfrominjuryorillnesscausedbychildhoodsexual |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10abuseinanactionbroughtpursuanttothissection[shallbecommencedwithintenyearsof |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11theplaintiffattainingtheageoftwenty-oneorwithinthreeyearsofthedatetheplaintiff |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12discovers,orreasonablyshouldhavediscovered,thattheinjuryorillnesswascausedby |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13childhoodsexualabuse,whicheverlateroccurs] maybecommencedatanytime. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 3.ThissectionshallapplytoanyactioncommencedonorafterAugust28,2004, |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15includinganyactionwhichwouldhavebeenbarredbytheapplicationofthestatuteof |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16limitationapplicablepriortothatdate. |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. SectionB.Therepealandreenactmentofsection537.046ofsectionAofthisact |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2shallbecomeeffectiveonlyuponthepassageandapprovalbythevotersofaconstitutional |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3amendmentsubmittedtothembythegeneralassemblyregardingtheenactmentofa |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4retrospectivelawifthelawinvolvesacivilchildhoodsexualabuseclaim. |
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| 33 | 33 | | âś” |
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| 34 | 34 | | HB1132 2 |
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