2025 bills / H.B. 117
H.B. 117 Sexual Abuse Statutes of Limitation Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill changes the deadlines for filing civil lawsuits over certain sexual crimes, known as statutes of limitation. It also makes technical and conforming changes to related law.
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Official description
- addresses civil statutes of limitation for certain sexual crimes
- makes technical and conforming changes
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- An alert the day H.B. 117 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 117 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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Every vote
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 29, 2025Who voted how
- 9 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Judiciary Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 29, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 3 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Senate vote, which failed · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how