Bill Amendment: IL SB1868 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: LIMITATIONS-CHILD SEX ABUSE
Status: 2019-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0435 [SB1868 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1868-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: LIMITATIONS-CHILD SEX ABUSE
Status: 2019-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0435 [SB1868 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB1868-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1868
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1868 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Findings. Credible reports from around the | ||||||
5 | world, including this State, have indicated instances of repeat | ||||||
6 | childhood sexual abuse have occurred at the hands of clergymen. | ||||||
7 | These reports have also indicated efforts may have been taken | ||||||
8 | to conceal the identities and conduct of the individuals | ||||||
9 | responsible for the sexual abuse. The General Assembly finds | ||||||
10 | that victims of such conduct should be afforded a remedy to the | ||||||
11 | fullest extent available under the law.
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12 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | ||||||
13 | changing Section 13-202.2 as follows:
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14 | (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202.2)
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15 | Sec. 13-202.2. Childhood sexual abuse.
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1 | (a) In this Section:
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2 | "Childhood sexual abuse" means an act of sexual
abuse that | ||||||
3 | occurs when the person abused is under 18 years of age.
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4 | "Sexual abuse" includes but is not limited to sexual | ||||||
5 | conduct and sexual
penetration as defined in Section 11-0.1 of | ||||||
6 | the Criminal Code of 2012.
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7 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action | ||||||
8 | for damages
for personal injury based on childhood sexual
abuse | ||||||
9 | must be commenced within 20 years of the date the limitation | ||||||
10 | period
begins to run under subsection (d) or within 20 years of
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11 | the date the person abused
discovers or through the use of | ||||||
12 | reasonable diligence should discover both
(i) that
the act of | ||||||
13 | childhood sexual abuse occurred and (ii) that the injury was
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14 | caused
by the childhood sexual abuse.
The fact that the person | ||||||
15 | abused discovers or through the use of reasonable
diligence | ||||||
16 | should discover that the act of childhood sexual abuse occurred | ||||||
17 | is
not, by itself, sufficient to start the discovery period | ||||||
18 | under this subsection
(b). Knowledge of the abuse does not | ||||||
19 | constitute discovery of the injury
or the causal relationship | ||||||
20 | between any later-discovered injury and the abuse.
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21 | (c) If the injury is caused by 2 or more acts of childhood | ||||||
22 | sexual
abuse that are part of a continuing series of acts of | ||||||
23 | childhood sexual
abuse by the same abuser, then the discovery | ||||||
24 | period under subsection
(b) shall be computed from the date the | ||||||
25 | person abused discovers or through
the use of reasonable | ||||||
26 | diligence should discover both (i) that the last act
of
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1 | childhood sexual abuse in the continuing series occurred and | ||||||
2 | (ii) that the
injury was caused by any act of childhood sexual | ||||||
3 | abuse in the continuing
series.
The fact that the person abused | ||||||
4 | discovers or through the use of reasonable
diligence should | ||||||
5 | discover that the last act of childhood sexual abuse in the
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6 | continuing series occurred is not, by itself, sufficient to | ||||||
7 | start the discovery
period under subsection (b). Knowledge of | ||||||
8 | the abuse does not constitute
discovery of the injury
or the | ||||||
9 | causal relationship between any later-discovered injury and | ||||||
10 | the abuse.
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11 | (d) The limitation periods under subsection (b) do not | ||||||
12 | begin to run
before the person abused attains the age of 18 | ||||||
13 | years; and, if at the time
the person abused attains the age of | ||||||
14 | 18 years he or she is under other
legal disability, the | ||||||
15 | limitation periods under subsection (b) do not begin
to run | ||||||
16 | until the removal of the disability.
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17 | (d-1) The limitation periods in subsection (b) do not run | ||||||
18 | during a time
period
when the person abused is subject to | ||||||
19 | threats, intimidation,
manipulation, fraudulent concealment, | ||||||
20 | or fraud perpetrated by the abuser or by any person acting in | ||||||
21 | the
interest of the abuser.
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22 | (e) This Section applies to actions pending on the | ||||||
23 | effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1990 as well as to | ||||||
24 | actions commenced on or after
that date. The changes made by | ||||||
25 | this amendatory Act of 1993 shall apply only
to actions | ||||||
26 | commenced on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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1 | of
1993.
The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
2 | General Assembly apply to
actions pending on the effective date
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3 | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly as well as | ||||||
4 | actions commenced on or after that date. The changes made by | ||||||
5 | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly apply to | ||||||
6 | actions commenced on or after the effective date of this | ||||||
7 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly if the action would | ||||||
8 | not have been time barred under any statute of limitations or | ||||||
9 | statute of repose prior to the effective date of this | ||||||
10 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
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11 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action | ||||||
12 | for damages based on childhood sexual abuse may be commenced at | ||||||
13 | any time; provided, however, that the changes made by this | ||||||
14 | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly apply to actions | ||||||
15 | commenced on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
16 | of the 98th General Assembly if the action would not have been | ||||||
17 | time barred under any statute of limitations or statute of | ||||||
18 | repose prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
19 | the 98th General Assembly. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-276, eff. 1-1-14.)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.".
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