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AN ACT
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relating to the limitations period for personal injury claims that |
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arise from certain offenses involving child sexual abuse. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person must bring suit for personal injury not later |
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than 30 [15] years after the day the cause of action accrues if the |
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injury arises as a result of conduct that violates: |
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(1) Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault |
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of a child); |
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(2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated |
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sexual assault of a child); |
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(3) Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse |
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of young child or children); |
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(4) Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or |
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Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described |
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by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct |
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with a child trafficked in the manner described by Section |
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20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual trafficking of a child); |
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(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code (compelling |
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prostitution by a child); or |
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(6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a |
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child). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this |
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Act or a cause of action that accrued before the effective date of |
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this Act, if the limitations period applicable to the cause of |
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action immediately before the effective date of this Act has not |
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expired before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3809 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3809 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3809 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |