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Spiegel bill would extend civil statute-of-limitations for non-sexual child abuse claims to age 38, with fiscal cap
Summary
House Bill 456 would extend the civil statute of limitations for non-sexual child-abuse and neglect claims, letting survivors bring civil suits through age 38, and the sponsor proposed an annual fiscal cap on state and local payments.
Delegate Ryan Spiegel asked the Judiciary Committee to consider House Bill 456 to extend the civil statute of limitations for non-sexual child abuse and neglect claims so survivors may file through age 38. The bill is modeled on earlier Maryland changes and follows the Child Victims Act of 2023, which eliminated time bars for sexual-abuse claims but left non-sexual physical-abuse and neglect claims subject to earlier cutoffs.
Survivors and advocates urged the committee to give victims time to identify and pursue civil remedies.…
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