Rep. Subramanyam and Rep. Salazar Push Bill to End Time Limits on Child Abuse Lawsuits and Charges
This bill is currently in the House Committee on Education and Workforce. It has not moved since September 2025, and no action has occurred for nine months. The bill will remain stalled until the committee decides to hold a hearing or a vote.
The bill has support from both parties and addresses a major public safety issue, but it must still pass through committees and compete for funding in a busy legislative calendar.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 2920 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 2920 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
People who committed child sexual abuse but were previously shielded by expired statutes of limitations could face new criminal charges and civil lawsuits. States that eliminate criminal statutes of limitations would allow prosecutors to bring felony and misdemeanor charges regardless of when the abuse occurred, and revival windows would reopen civil liability for past offenses.
“The elimination of all State criminal statutes of limitations for all felony and misdemeanor sex crimes against children, including sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking, and for inchoate offenses related to such sex crimes, including attempt, conspiracy, solicitation, and aiding and abetting.”
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Legal analysis of H.R. 5560, led by Reps. Suhas Subramanyam and Maria Salazar. The bill seeks to dismantle the 'statute of limitations shield' by providing federal incentives for states to remove deadlines for reporting abuse and allow for revival windows for past claims.
Coverage of the state-level movement to abolish statutes of limitations for child sexual abuse. The report highlights research showing that survivors typically do not come forward until their 50s, a key finding that underpins the federal Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act.
No votes or related bills recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Statutes of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Reform Act
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