CALIFORNIA
KSBY
October 14, 2019
By Melissa Newman
Victims of child sex abuse have more time to seek justice as part of a new bill AB 218, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom Sunday.
The bill changes the statute of limitations for filing a lawsuit against an alleged abuser, allowing people who are up to 40 years old to file suits and provides a three-year window for survivors to file a lawsuit, regardless of when the abuse occurred and regardless of their current age.
San Luis Obispo attorney Taylor Ernst says the previous laws forced them to turn some people away.
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