Senate advances statute-of-limitations changes amid heated floor exchanges
Senate File 512 and related amendments addressed updates to civil statutes of limitations, including an amendment aiming to expand survivors' ability to seek justice for historic child-abuse claims; the chair ruled a germaneness point of order and the Senate ultimately passed the bill as amended.
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Senator Bussello (Polk) explained that Senate File 512 changes dates and clarifications regarding statutes of limitations and reaffirmed that only the General Assembly may update the statute of limitations. The floor took up House Amendment 5179 and an amendment to that amendment (5182) offered by Senator Petersen that sought to address child-abuse civil limitations and expand survivors' access to legal remedies.
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