Extends the statute of limitations for sexual assault or molestation of a child. Such crimes may now be prosecuted up until the victim’s thirtieth birthday, instead of their twenty-eighth. This act also extends the window for the commencement of certain legal actions from three years to ten. (see also HB 1352).   Official Text and Analysis.

Provides that the statute of limitations for rape in the first degree or rape in the second degree is ten years if the rape is reported to a law enforcement agency within one year of its commission. If a rape in the first degree or rape in the second degree is not reported within one year, the rape may not be prosecuted more than three years after its commission. For indecent liberties with lack of consent, the statute of limitations is ten years.

Provides that the statute of limitations for rape in the first or second degree is ten years if the rape is reported to a law enforcement agency within one year of its commission. If a rape in the first or second degree is not reported within one year, the rape may not be prosecuted more than three years after its commission. For indecent liberties with lack of consent, the statute of limitations is ten years. Violations of the following statutes may be prosecuted up to the victim's 30th birthday, if the victim was under the age of 18 at the time of the offense: rape in the first degree, rape in the second degree, rape of a child in the first degree, rape of a child in the second degree, rape of a child in the third degree, child molestation in the first degree, child molestation in the second degree, child molestation in the third degree, indecent liberties with lack of consent, incest, or sexual exploitation of a minor. If the victim is over the age of 18 at the time of the offense, the statute of limitations for these offenses is three years. The periods of limitation for sex offenses run from the date of commission or one year from the date on which the identity of the suspect is conclusively established by deoxyribonucleic acid testing or by photograph, whichever is later.