Kansas Lawmakers Reconsider Abuse Lawsuit Statute Of Limitations

An important update on policymakers and the laws that govern horrific crimes in the Sunflower State.

From this week . . .

Current state law sets a statute of limitations on filing for damages from childhood sexual abuses. Lawsuits have to be filed within three years of the survivor turning 18 or within three years of discovering an injury or illness caused by the abuse. Many have condemned the rule as unfair and fundamentally misguided.

Sen. Cindy Holscher, D-Overland Park, has worked for the past few years to pass legislation that would remove time limits for filing lawsuits in these cases. Holscher said it sometimes took years for victims to process their feelings and come forward, and the time limit harmed victims who aged out of the given timeframe.

The latest form of the legislation, Senate Bill 420, died in the Senate Committee on Judiciary in May. Holscher said she was never given a clear explanation as to why Sen. Kellie Warren, committee chairwoman, didn’t schedule a hearing for the bill.

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Kansas lawmaker plans to reintroduce bill removing childhood sexual abuse lawsuit limits - Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA - Lawmakers may expand the rights of child sex abuse victims in the upcoming legislative session, renewing efforts to pass legislation that would require clergy reporting and remove time limits for lawsuit cases involving child abuse. Current state law sets a statute of limitations on filing for damages from childhood sexual abuses.