Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2022 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R8906 MZM-D
2	2	By: Meyer H.B. No. 2022
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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 or
11	11	disabled individual.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 16.003(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
14	14	Code, is amended to read as follows:
15	15	(a) Except as provided by Sections 16.010, 16.0031, [and]
16	16	16.0045, and 16.0046, a person must bring suit for trespass for
17	17	injury to the estate or to the property of another, conversion of
18	18	personal property, taking or detaining the personal property of
19	19	another, personal injury, forcible entry and detainer, and forcible
20	20	detainer not later than two years after the day the cause of action
21	21	accrues.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 16.0045(c), Civil Practice and Remedies
23	23	Code, is amended to read as follows:
24	24	(c) In an action for injury resulting in death arising as a
25	25	result of conduct described by Subsection [(a) or] (b), the cause of
26	26	action accrues on the death of the injured person.
27	27	SECTION 3. Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
28	28	Code, is redesignated as Section 16.0046, Civil Practice and
29	29	Remedies Code, and amended to read as follows:
30	30	Sec. 16.0046. NO LIMITATIONS PERIOD. [(a)] A person may
31	31	[must] bring a suit for personal injury at any time [not later than
32	32	30 years after the day the cause of action accrues] if the injury
33	33	arises as a result of conduct that violates:
34	34	(1) Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault
35	35	of a child);
36	36	(2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated
37	37	sexual assault of a child);
38	38	(3) Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse
39	39	of young child or disabled individual);
40	40	(4) Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or
41	41	Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described
42	42	by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct
43	43	with a child or disabled individual trafficked in the manner
44	44	described by Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual
45	45	trafficking);
46	46	(5) Section 43.05(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code (compelling
47	47	prostitution by a child or disabled individual); or
48	48	(6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a
49	49	child).
50	50	SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by this section, the
51	51	changes in law made by this Act apply to a cause of action that
52	52	accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.
53	53	(b) Except as provided by this section, the changes in law
54	54	made by this Act apply retroactively to a cause of action arising
55	55	out of child sexual abuse that occurred before the effective date of
56	56	this Act, regardless of any statute of limitations in effect at the
57	57	time the cause of action accrued.
58	58	(c) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect a
59	59	judgment in litigation:
60	60	(1) that became final before the effective date of
61	61	this Act; and
62	62	(2) for which the limitations period applicable to the
63	63	cause of action before the effective date of this Act was not
64	64	determinative.
65	65	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.