ABUSED CHILD-REPORTING
Summary
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Criminal Code of 1961, and the Code of Civil Procedure. Eliminates the statute of limitations for a prosecution of sex offenses committed against a child under 18 years of age and for failure to report these instances under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act (now the prosecution must be within 10 years after the child victim attains 18 years of age). Provides that a member of the clergy who is acting as an advisor must disclose information obtained by the member of the clergy in his or her nonprofessional capacity of incidents of child abuse as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a civil action for damages based on childhood sexual abuse may be commenced at any time (rather than 2 years after the person abused discovers or should have discovered that the childhood sexual abuse had occurred). Effective immediately.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2003
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2003
Last action Jan 11, 2005
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Mar 14, 2003
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
upper
Mar 14, 2003
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
upper
Mar 14, 2003
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
upper
Mar 13, 2003
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Mar 12, 2003
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 12, 2003
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen
upper
Mar 11, 2003
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
upper
Mar 10, 2003
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 10, 2003
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Lauzen
upper
Feb 26, 2003
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Feb 19, 2003
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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