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1	1	89R4357 MZM-D
2	2	By: Johnson H.B. No. 179
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to elimination of limitations periods for suits for
10	10	personal injury arising from certain offenses against a child.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 16.003(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
13	13	Code, is amended to read as follows:
14	14	(a) Except as provided by Sections 16.010, 16.0031, [and]
15	15	16.0045, and 16.0046, a person must bring suit for trespass for
16	16	injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of
17	17	personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of
18	18	another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible
19	19	detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action
20	20	accrues.
21	21	SECTION 2. Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
22	22	Code, is amended to read as follows:
23	23	(a) A person must bring suit for personal injury not later
24	24	than 30 years after the day the cause of action accrues if the
25	25	injury arises as a result of conduct that violates:
26	26	(1) [Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault
27	27	of a child);
28	28	[(2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated
29	29	sexual assault of a child);
30	30	[(3)] Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual
31	31	abuse of young child or disabled individual), unless the victim is a
32	32	child younger than 14 years of age;
33	33	(2) [(4)] Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), [(B),] (C), (D),
34	34	or (H) or Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity
35	35	described by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), [(B),] (C), (D), or (H) or
36	36	sexual conduct with a [child or] disabled individual trafficked in
37	37	the manner described by Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain
38	38	sexual trafficking); or
39	39	(3) [(5)] Section 43.05(a)(3) [43.05(a)(2) or (3)],
40	40	Penal Code (compelling prostitution by a [child or] disabled
41	41	individual)[; or
42	42	[(6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a
43	43	child)].
44	44	SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 16, Civil Practice and
45	45	Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 16.0046 to read as
46	46	follows:
47	47	Sec. 16.0046. NO LIMITATIONS PERIOD. A person may bring a
48	48	suit for personal injury at any time if the injury arises as a
49	49	result of conduct that violates:
50	50	(1) Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault
51	51	of a child);
52	52	(2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated
53	53	sexual assault of a child);
54	54	(3) Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse
55	55	of young child or disabled individual), if the victim is a child
56	56	younger than 14 years of age;
57	57	(4) Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or
58	58	Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described
59	59	by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H), if the victim is
60	60	a child, or sexual conduct with a child trafficked in the manner
61	61	described by Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual
62	62	trafficking of a child);
63	63	(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code (compelling
64	64	prostitution by a child); or
65	65	(6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a
66	66	child).
67	67	SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
68	68	section, the changes in law made by this Act apply to a cause of
69	69	action that accrues before, on, or after the effective date of this
70	70	Act, regardless of whether:
71	71	(1) the limitations period applicable to the cause of
72	72	action immediately before the effective date of this Act expired
73	73	before the effective date of this Act; or
74	74	(2) the cause of action was the subject of a claim for
75	75	which a limitations period applicable to the cause of action before
76	76	the effective date of this Act was determinative.
77	77	(b) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect a
78	78	judgment in litigation:
79	79	(1) that became final before the effective date of
80	80	this Act; and
81	81	(2) for which the limitations period applicable to the
82	82	cause of action before the effective date of this Act was not
83	83	determinative.
84	84	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.