S 1270Eliminates statute of limitations for human trafficking and criminal sexual contact prosecutions and eliminates statute of limitations for civil cases arising from human trafficking.*

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This version transforms the document from a committee statement into a legislative fiscal estimate with significant substantive changes to the civil statute of limitations approach. Rather than eliminating civil limitations entirely, the bill now establishes a structured framework allowing suits within 10 years of the trafficking conduct, 10 years after a minor victim reaches age 18, or two years from discovery of injury (whichever is later), with additional tolling provisions for ongoing trafficking, plaintiff disability, and defendant coercion. The scope has also narrowed to focus exclusively on human trafficking, removing provisions that previously addressed aggravated criminal sexual contact. The fiscal estimate projects indeterminate annual increases in state expenditures and revenues as well as local expenditures affecting the Judiciary, Department of Law and Public Safety, and counties, and adds contextual information about the Attorney General's 2026 priorities and the Human Trafficking Unit.