| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3809 |
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| 1 | + | By: Goldman, et al. H.B. No. 3809 |
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| 2 | + | (Senate Sponsor - Watson, Hughes, RodrÃguez) |
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| 3 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2019; |
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| 4 | + | May 3, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 5 | + | Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 6 | + | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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| 7 | + | May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 8 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3809 By: Hughes |
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| 4 | 13 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 14 | | relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that |
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| 6 | 15 | | arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse. |
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| 7 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 9 | 18 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 19 | | (a) A person must bring suit for personal injury not later |
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| 11 | 20 | | than 30 [15] years after the day the cause of action accrues if the |
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| 12 | 21 | | injury arises as a result of conduct that violates: |
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| 13 | 22 | | (1) Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault |
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| 14 | 23 | | of a child); |
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| 15 | 24 | | (2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated |
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| 16 | 25 | | sexual assault of a child); |
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| 17 | 26 | | (3) Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse |
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| 18 | 27 | | of young child or children); |
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| 19 | 28 | | (4) Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or |
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| 20 | 29 | | Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described |
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| 21 | 30 | | by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct |
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| 22 | 31 | | with a child trafficked in the manner described by Section |
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| 23 | 32 | | 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual trafficking of a child); |
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| 24 | 33 | | (5) Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code (compelling |
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| 25 | 34 | | prostitution by a child); or |
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| 26 | 35 | | (6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a |
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| 27 | 36 | | child). |
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| 28 | 37 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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| 29 | 38 | | cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this |
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| 30 | 39 | | Act or a cause of action that accrued before the effective date of |
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| 31 | 40 | | this Act, if the limitations period applicable to the cause of |
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| 32 | 41 | | action immediately before the effective date of this Act has not |
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| 33 | 42 | | expired before the effective date of this Act. |
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| 34 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3809 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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| 38 | | - | 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | | - | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 40 | | - | No. 3809 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, |
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| 41 | | - | 2 present, not voting. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 44 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3809 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 45 | | - | amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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| 46 | | - | 0. |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Date |
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| 51 | | - | __________________ |
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| 52 | | - | Governor |
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| 44 | + | * * * * * |
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