Victims of sexual abuse no longer would have a statute of limitations to file a civil claim against their abuser under a House proposal. House Bill 1618 would eliminate the current three-year statute of limitations on filing for civil damages related to childhood sexual abuse, nonsexual physical abuse committed concurrently with childhood sexual abuse, or sexual abuse that continues into adulthood if the sexual abuse is part of a pattern of childhood sexual abuse. Courtney Butler testified in favor of the bill during a House committee. ”I'm begging you to please support this bill so that other victims can come forward and start the healing process that all of us deserve to have," said Butler. She told them she was raped by her Blackhills Football Club coach in 2005 when Butler was 16. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/statute-limitations-child-sex-crimes/281-65646164-3b79-4043-888a-f6d5c572502c