Chair Bowman opened a work session on House Bill 3,582 on May 21, 2025, and the House Committee on Rules adopted a dash-4 amendment that removes the word "knowingly" from language addressing civil claims tied to child sexual abuse and related assaults. Vice Chair Pham moved the amendment; the committee adopted it and then moved HB 3,582 as amended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation, naming Representative Vanessa Hartman to carry the bill.

The dash-4 amendment also removes the statute-of-limitations for civil claims based on child sexual abuse, and clarifies that claims arising before the bill's effective date remain subject to existing statute-of-limitations rules unless "no final judgment has been entered." The amendment defines "final judgment" as a judgment no longer subject to appeal or review and adds an emergency clause making the measure effective upon passage.

Members who spoke during the work session described the bill as a bipartisan priority. Vice Chair Draisen said the measure reflects a significant, bipartisan effort and called it "one of the more important things we're gonna do this session." The committee recorded the amendment's adoption and the subsequent motion to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

No vote tally for every named member appears in the transcript excerpt beyond the committee clerk calling individual votes, but the committee chair announced that the amendment was adopted and that the bill as amended will go to the floor. The transcript shows the bill will carry an emergency clause under the dash-4 amendment.

The committee did not in the session designate specific statutory citations beyond references to "statute of limitations" and the amendment's new definition of "final judgment."