Abused Prior to 1995
- Civil SOL for personal injury claims related to sexual assault of a child tolls at their 18th birthday plus 2 years. In other words, until they turn 20.

Abused 1995 – 2015
- Civil SOL for personal injury claims related to sexual assault of a child tolls at their 18th birthday plus 5 years. In other words, until they turn 23.

Abused 2015 - 2019
- Civil SOL for personal injury claims related to sexual assault of a child tolls at their 18th birthday plus 15 years. In other words, until they turn 33.

Abused 2019 - Present
- Civil SOL for personal injury claims related to sexual assault of a child tolls at their 18th birthday plus 30 years. In other words, until they turn 48.

Currently, Texas law only allows survivors of CSA harmed in 2019 and onward to recover damages up to age 48, or within 30 days of the defendant being identified to the plaintiff. Advocates for statute of limitations reform in civil CSA cases say this leaves many survivors without legal recourse, as research shows it takes an average of 20 years for survivors of CSA to first disclose their abuse, with many not disclosing until their 50’s and 60’s, and a large number of survivors choosing to never disclose. We need the SOLs to match the research on delayed disclosure and the psychology of childhood trauma.

During the 89th Texas Legislative Session, six pieces of legislation were filed to reform the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. Three joint resolutions were filed that would narrowly amend the Texas constitution in order to allow for retroactivity exclusively in civil CSA cases (SJR 51, HJR 120, HJR 25). Three supplemental bills were filed that would eliminate the civil statute of limitations for CSA victims prospectively and retroactively (SB 1167, HB 2022, HB 179). Nineteen states, two U.S. territories, and the federal government have prospectively eliminated the civil SOL for some or all CSA claims. Over 33 states and U.S. territories have passed revival legislation (or a “lookback window”) to address this problem.

- SB1167, Sen Angela Paxton

NDAs (also known as confidentiality and/or non-disparagement clauses) are contracts or clauses within a settlement agreement or a standalone contract where one or more parties agree that certain information will remain confidential. While they were created to keep proprietary business information, such as trade secrets or sensitive client information, confidential, they are also commonly included in settlement agreements for civil disputes, including as a standard practice in CSA cases. As a result, survivors are legally silenced and forbidden to share their stories to various extents depending on settlement language. The very people who hold the truth

are legally silenced and therefore society remains at risk.

HB1974 - Rep David Cook (2025, proposed) 

HB2411 - Rep Mitch Little (2025, proposed)

SB835 - Sen Angela Paxton (2025, proposed)

SB1587 - Sen Kelly Hancock (2025, proposed)