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Quaid says lawmakers will pursue more changes — statute-of-limitations, age of consent, mandated-reporter penalties
Summary
Sen. Erin Maye Quaid said House File 3489 is a first step and outlined additional bipartisan measures she plans to pursue, including removing civil statute-of-limitations for child sexual-abuse claims, raising the age of consent from 16 to 18, and increasing penalties for mandated reporters who fail to act.
Sen. Erin Maye Quaid told attendees that the enacted law is the first of a suite of measures she is preparing to advance. She listed several concrete proposals under consideration: removing the statute of limitations on civil claims by child sexual-abuse victims, increasing the age of consent from 16 to 18, and raising penalties for mandated reporters who are aware of abuse but do not act.
"I actually have a set of bills that are directly dealing with this issue... So one of them is removing the statute of limitations on child ****** abuse victims seeking civil penalties against their abusers. I have one that increases the age of consent from 16 to 18... I have one that deals with increased penalties for adults who are mandated reporters and are aware of child ****** abuse that is occurring and are a relationship with the adult, not the child," Sen. Quaid said.
Quaid described the bills as bipartisan and expressed hope of advancing them in the next legislative session if she returns. She emphasized that while House File 3489 is a major first step, additional statutory changes are needed to address broader gaps in how the state responds to child sexual abuse.
