MINNESOTA
Brainerd Dispatch
Presently, Minnesota law limits lawsuits made against sexual assailants by victims to six years after they turn 18. A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers want to eliminate that time restriction.
Sen. Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, and House Reps. Steve Simon, (DFL-St. Louis Park), and Sondra Erickson, (R-Princeton), made the announcement with child victim advocates during a press conference Wednesday.
The proposed bill would lift the statute of limitations entirely, which would allow adults who had been abused as children to file lawsuits at any time.
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