HB311 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, a civil action for an injury to a person that does not arise from a contract, which includes a sex offense, must be brought within two years.

This bill would establish a statute of limitations for a civil action for recovery of damages for injury or illness arising from a sex offense.

This bill would provide that if the victim of a sex offense is a minor, the statute of limitations is tolled until the victim reaches the age of 19 years.

This bill would require a plaintiff to perform additional procedures to corroborate his or her complaint if the plaintiff files a complaint alleging that a sex offense occurred more than 10 years prior to the date the action is commenced.

Relating to commencement of actions; to add Section 6-2-42 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the statute of limitations for civil actions involving a sex offense; to provide that the running of the statute of limitations is tolled until the victim has reached the age of 19 years; and to further provide for the tolling of the statute of limitations.