H-8263

   Amend House File 2284, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 614.1, subsection 12, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   12.  Sexual abuse or sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, or school employee.  An action for damages for injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse, as defined in section 709.1, by a counselor, therapist, or school employee, as defined in section 709.15, or as a result of sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, or school employee shall be brought within five ten years of the date the victim was last treated by the counselor or therapist, or within five ten years of the date the victim was last enrolled in or attended the school.  If the victim was a minor when the injury or exploitation occurred, an action may be brought according to section 614.8A.
   Sec. ___.  Section 614.8, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   614.8  Minors and persons with mental illness.
   1.  The times limited for actions in this chapter, or for complaints or claims inchapter 216, 669, or 670, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of persons with mental illness, so that they shall have one year from and after the termination of the disability within which to file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669 or 670, or to otherwise commence an action.
   2.  Except as provided in section 614.1, subsection 9, or section 614.8A, the times limited for actions in this chapter, or for complaints or claims inchapter 216, 669, or 670, except those brought for penalties and forfeitures, are extended in favor of minors, so that they shall have one year from and after attainment of majority within which to file a complaint pursuant to chapter 216, to make a claim pursuant to chapter 669, or to otherwise commence an action.
   Sec. ___.  Section 614.8A, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   614.8A  Damages Commencement of action for minor or child sexual abuse —— time limitation.
   1.  Notwithstanding section 614.8, subsection 2, and the times limited for actions in this chapter, the time to file an action relating to sexual abuse which occurred when the injured person was a minor is extended twenty-five years beyond the minor’s attainment of eighteen years of age.
   2.  An In addition to the extension of time provided in subsection 1, an action for damages for injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse which occurred when the injured person was a child, but not discovered until after the injured person is of the age of majority, shall be brought within four twenty-five years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the injury and the sexual abuse.>
   2.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking <period for executing judgments on claims for rent> and inserting <periods for certain civil actions>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.