Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 4/4/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3629

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3629 by replacing
3lines 2 through 24 on page 13 and all of pages 14 through 16
4with the following:
 
5    "Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
6changing Section 13-202.2 as follows:
 
7    (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2)  (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202.2)
8    Sec. 13-202.2. Childhood sexual abuse.
9    (a) In this Section:
10    "Childhood sexual abuse" means an act of sexual abuse that
11occurs when the person abused is under 18 years of age.
12"Childhood sexual abuse" includes an act committed against a
13victim under 18 years of age in violation of Section 10-9 of
14the Criminal Code of 2012.
15    "Sexual abuse" includes but is not limited to sexual
16conduct and sexual penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of

 

 

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1the Criminal Code of 2012.
2    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action
3for damages for personal injury based on childhood sexual abuse
4must be commenced within 20 years of the date the limitation
5period begins to run under subsection (d) or within 20 years of
6the date the person abused discovers or through the use of
7reasonable diligence should discover both (i) that the act of
8childhood sexual abuse occurred and (ii) that the injury was
9caused by the childhood sexual abuse. The fact that the person
10abused discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence
11should discover that the act of childhood sexual abuse occurred
12is not, by itself, sufficient to start the discovery period
13under this subsection (b). Knowledge of the abuse does not
14constitute discovery of the injury or the causal relationship
15between any later-discovered injury and the abuse.
16    (c) If the injury is caused by 2 or more acts of childhood
17sexual abuse that are part of a continuing series of acts of
18childhood sexual abuse by the same abuser, then the discovery
19period under subsection (b) shall be computed from the date the
20person abused discovers or through the use of reasonable
21diligence should discover both (i) that the last act of
22childhood sexual abuse in the continuing series occurred and
23(ii) that the injury was caused by any act of childhood sexual
24abuse in the continuing series. The fact that the person abused
25discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should
26discover that the last act of childhood sexual abuse in the

 

 

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1continuing series occurred is not, by itself, sufficient to
2start the discovery period under subsection (b). Knowledge of
3the abuse does not constitute discovery of the injury or the
4causal relationship between any later-discovered injury and
5the abuse.
6    (d) The limitation periods under subsection (b) do not
7begin to run before the person abused attains the age of 18
8years; and, if at the time the person abused attains the age of
918 years he or she is under other legal disability, the
10limitation periods under subsection (b) do not begin to run
11until the removal of the disability.
12    (d-1) The limitation periods in subsection (b) do not run
13during a time period when the person abused is subject to
14threats, intimidation, manipulation, or fraud perpetrated by
15the abuser or by any person acting in the interest of the
16abuser.
17    (e) This Section applies to actions pending on the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of 1990 as well as to
19actions commenced on or after that date. The changes made by
20this amendatory Act of 1993 shall apply only to actions
21commenced on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of 1993. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 93rd
23General Assembly apply to actions pending on the effective date
24of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly as well as
25actions commenced on or after that date. The changes made by
26this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to

 

 

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1actions commenced on or after the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly if the action would
3not have been time barred under any statute of limitations or
4statute of repose prior to the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
6    (f) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this Section,
7notwithstanding Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
8action for damages based on childhood sexual abuse may be
9commenced at any time; provided, however, that the changes made
10by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly apply to
11actions commenced on or after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly if the action would
13not have been time barred under any statute of limitations or
14statute of repose prior to the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
16    (g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action
17for damages based on childhood sexual abuse may be commenced at
18any time; provided, however, that the changes made by this
19amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly apply to an action
20for damages for personal injury based on childhood sexual abuse
21arising on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 100th General Assembly, and to an action for damages for
23personal injury based on childhood sexual abuse if the action
24would not have been time barred under any statute of
25limitations or statute of repose before the effective date of
26this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. The changes

 

 

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1made by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly shall
2not apply to an action for damages for personal injury based on
3childhood sexual abuse if the action would have been time
4barred under any statute of limitations or statute of repose
5before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
6General Assembly.
7(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-276, eff. 1-1-14.)".