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Committee approves measure to remove or extend some sexual-assault time limits after survivor testimony
Summary
Lawmakers in the Criminal Code Committee passed an amended version of Senate Bill 151, which deletes a proposed laches defense, extends certain discovery-based prosecution windows and removes the five-year limit for some felony 3 sexual-assault prosecutions, after emotional testimony from survivors.
The House Criminal Code Committee approved an amended form of Senate Bill 151 after survivors and advocates gave emotional testimony urging changes to the statute of limitations for sexual-assault charges.
Representative Zachary Zimmerman (sponsor of an amendment) explained the committee’s amendment deletes sections establishing a laches defense and extends the window for prosecutions based on later-discovered DNA evidence, confessions or recordings from five years to 10 years after discovery in…
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