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View Comments BATON ROUGE — A bill to change the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse from 10 years to 35 years passed with unanimous support in the House Tuesday. Rep. Jason Hughes, D-New Orleans, says he brought the bill on behalf of every victim and survivor of child sexual abuse. The bill will go to the Senate for further debate after passing 102-0 in the House. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. Only 5 in every 1,000 perpetrators, however, will b...

Louisiana House unanimously passes bill to increase statute of limitations for child abuse Kathleen Peppo/LSU Manship School News Service A bill by Rep. Jason Hughes to change the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse from 10 years to 35 years passed the House Tuesday. By: Kathleen Peppo, LSU Manship School News Service Posted at 7:40 PM, May 11, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-11 20:40:40-04 BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill to change the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse from 10 years to 35 years passed with unanimous support in the House Tuesday. Rep. Jason ...

Capital reopening, free rides, vaccine theft: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will end the state’s participation in federal unemployment programs geared to the pandemic, including supplements to jobless benefits and a suspension of a work-search requirement. The state will withdraw from the program June 19, the governor’s office said in a statement Monday. Applications for the pandemic-related benefits will be processed until then. The decision means the state will withdraw from programs that provided...

Rep. Jason Hughes, D-New Orleans Rep. Jason Hughes, D-New Orleans, says he brought the bill on behalf of every victim and survivor of child sexual abuse. The bill will go to the Senate for further debate after passing 102-0 in the House. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. Only 5 in every 1,000 perpetrators, however, will be imprisoned. National Child Protective Services found strong evidence between 2009 and 2013 that about 63,000 children per year were victi...

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