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Committee advances "Trey’s Law" to void NDAs in child‑abuse settlements
Summary
A Judiciary committee advanced House Bill 1187, known as Trey’s Law, after survivor testimony and advocacy groups urged the measure to void nondisclosure clauses in settlements involving childhood abuse; the committee moved the bill forward unanimously.
Survivors and advocates told the Judiciary committee that House Bill 1187, nicknamed Trey’s Law, would remove legal barriers that have silenced victims of childhood sexual abuse.
"This bill does not force anyone to speak," survivor Chuck Wills told committee members, recounting abuse he said began when he was 6 and arguing that nondisclosure agreements protect institutions and abusers rather than survivors. Todd…
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