FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.114
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESEITZ.
0237H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection537.046,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtocivil
actionsforchildhoodsexualabuse.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section537.046,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection537.046,toreadasfollows:
537.046.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Childhoodsexualabuse",anyactcommittedbythedefendantagainstthe
3plaintiffwhichactoccurredwhentheplaintiffwasundertheageofeighteenyearsandwhich
4actwouldhavebeenaviolationofsection566.030,566.031,566.040,566.050,566.060,
5566.061,566.070,566.080,566.090,566.100,566.101,566.110,[or]566.120,[orsection]
6566.210,566.211,568.020, 573.023,or573.200;
7 (2)"Injury"or"illness",eitheraphysicalinjuryorillnessorapsychologicalinjuryor
8illness.Apsychologicalinjuryorillnessneednotbeaccompaniedbyphysicalinjuryor
9illness.
10 2.Anyactiontorecoverdamagesfrominjuryorillnesscausedbychildhoodsexual
11abuseortortiousconductthatcausedthevictimtobeavictimofchildhoodsexualabuse
12inanactionbroughtpursuanttothissectionshallbecommencedwithin[ten]twentyyearsof
13theplaintiffattainingtheageoftwenty-oneorwithinthreeyearsofthedatetheplaintiff
14discovers,orreasonablyshouldhavediscovered,thattheinjuryorillnesswascausedby
15childhoodsexualabuse,whicheverlateroccurs.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 16 3.ThissectionshallapplytoanyactioncommencedonorafterAugust28,[2004,
17includinganyactionwhichwouldhavebeenbarredbytheapplicationofthestatuteof
18limitationapplicablepriortothatdate]2025.
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