Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting

Wednesday, March 25, 2026·1h 3m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on three measures — HB 75, which would retroactively eliminate the statute of limitations for civil claims based on child sexual abuse; HB 201, which would ease the process for human trafficking victims to vacate criminal convictions; and SJR 13, which would establish a court-date text-reminder pilot program. All three items drew exclusively supportive testimony, but the outcomes of votes on HB 75 and SJR 13 were not recorded in the transcript.

Key Actions

·HB 75 – Retroactive Civil SOL Elimination for Child Sexual AbuseNo Vote

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Controversies

Liability implications of HB 75 for community organizations

Senator Cruce asked whether there had been any conversation or feedback about how organizations like child care organizations or community-based organizations would deal with liability insurance and the practical realities of HB 75. Senator Poore responded that since 2007 all parties already hold liability, and asked what the difference would be from what is required today.

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Notable Quotes

“There is no statute of limitations on the trauma these survivors live with. Justice should reflect their reality, not the perpetrator's timeline.”
Senator Poore — Senator Poore, presenting HB 75, argued that the law should be extended retroactively to survivors who were barred from filing civil claims because the statute of limitations expired before they were ready to come forward.

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TranscriptPreview

Begin our Senate Judiciary Committee meeting. Thank you all for being here this afternoon. As we begin want to remind those that are here for today's Senate Judiciary Committee meeting that those that desire to speak for public comment, you will be allotted two minutes to do so. For those that are speaking on behalf of an organization, ask that you would identify a representative to speak on your behalf in regard to that. For those that desire to submit comments, you may do so by sending your comments for public record to Ikeisha Stuckey or [email protected] with that, we'll go to our roll call. Senator Brown is present. Senator Townsend is present. Senator Cruz, Senator Hoffner, Senator Pinckney, Senator Pettyjohn, Senator Richardson, entertain a motion to approve the minutes from Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Is there a motion? Second. All those in favor signify of saying aye. Opposed? Ayes have it. Move to agenda item number two. House Bill 75. Representative Dukes. Senator Poor, are you speaking on behalf of House Bill 75? Yes, sir, it is my bill. Okay, Mr. Chair, I think are the slides up? Okay, so. Thank you for having me here today. 19 years…

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