EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 747
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNELTING.
3032S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 537.046, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to childhood
sexual abuse actions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 537.046, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 537.046, 2
to read as follows:3
537.046. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Childhood sexual abuse", any act committed by the 3
defendant, or an act committed by an individual if the 4
defendant's tortious conduct causes such act to occur, 5
against the plaintiff which act occurred when the plaintiff 6
was under the age of eighteen years and which act would have 7
been a violation of section 566.030, [566.040, 566.050] 8
566.031, 566.032, 566.034 , 566.060, [566.070, 566.080, 9
566.090] 566.061, 566.062, 566.064, 566.067, 566.068 , 10
566.069, 566.071, 566.083, 566.086, 566.093, 566.095 , 11
566.100, [566.110, or 566.120] 566.101, 566.209, 566.210, 12
566.211, or [section] 568.020; 13
(2) "Injury" or "illness", either a physical injury or 14
illness or a psychological injury or illness. A 15
psychological injury or illness need not be accompanied by 16
physical injury or illness. 17 SB 747 2
2. Any action to recover damages from injury or 18
illness caused by childhood sexual abuse or tortious conduct 19
that causes a victim to be a victim of childhoo d sexual 20
abuse in an action brought pursuant to this section shall be 21
commenced within [ten] twenty years of the plaintiff 22
attaining the age of twenty -one or within three years of the 23
date the plaintiff discovers, or reasonably should have 24
discovered, that the injury or illness was caused by 25
childhood sexual abuse, whichever later occurs. 26
3. This section shall apply to any action commenced on 27
or after August 28, [2004, including any action which would 28
have been barred by the application of the statute of 29
limitation applicable prior to that date ] 2025. 30