AB 461

Under current law, the time a person has to bring an action (the statute of

limitations) for an injury resulting from being sexually assaulted or subject to incest

as a child, or from being subject to sexual contact by a member of the clergy as a child,

is any time before the injured party reaches the age of 35.

This bill removes the time limit for bringing those actions. In addition, the bill

applies this unlimited time period to a broader range of actions. Under the bill, there

is no limit on the time a person has to bring an action for injury resulting from being

subject, as a child, to any sexual contact by an adult or by an adult member of the

clergy. The bill also revives any cause of action that was barred by the present statute

of limitations and allows an injured party to bring that action for his or her injury

within two years after the effective date of the bill.