Sexual abuse; statute of limitations, personal action for injury to person. (HB870)

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Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Statute of limitations; sexual abuse. Provides that for a cause of action accruing on or after July 1, 2020, every action for injury to the person resulting from sexual abuse shall be brought within 10 years after the cause of action accrues. This bill does not change the current 20-year statute of limitations for actions for injury to the person resulting from sexual abuse that occurred during the infancy or incapacity of such person. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

Date	Action
01/07/2020	Committee
01/07/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101454D
01/07/2020	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/22/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
01/27/2020	Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/29/2020	Read first time
01/30/2020	Read second time and engrossed
01/31/2020	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
01/31/2020	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/03/2020	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
02/17/2020	Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2020	Read third time
02/19/2020	Reading of amendment waived
02/19/2020	Committee amendment agreed to
02/19/2020	Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/19/2020	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2020	Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2020	Placed on Calendar
02/21/2020	Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
02/21/2020	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 96-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2020	Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2020	Senate requested conference committee
02/26/2020	House acceded to request
02/26/2020	Conferees appointed by House
02/26/2020	Delegates: Bourne, Hope, Miyares
02/28/2020	Conferees appointed by Senate
02/28/2020	Senators: Surovell, Boysko, Stanley
03/04/2020	C Amended by conference committee
03/04/2020	Conference substitute printed 20109141D-H1
03/04/2020	Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
03/04/2020	VOTE: Agree To (93-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
03/07/2020	Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
03/18/2020	Enrolled
03/18/2020	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB870ER)
03/18/2020	Signed by President
03/19/2020	Signed by Speaker
03/20/2020	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
03/20/2020	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
04/10/2020	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 1125 (effective 7/1/20)
04/10/2020	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1125)