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SCS/SB 631 - Currently, actions for personal injury shall be brought within five years from the time the injury occurred. This act states that actions for personal injury are to be brought within two years from the time the injury occurred. Additionally, current actions against an insurer relating to uninsured motorist coverage or underinsured motorist coverage, including any action to enforce such coverage, are to be brought within ten years. This act modifies the statute of limitations for such actions to be brought within two years. Finally, the provisions relating to COVID-19 related actions are set to expire on August 28, 2025. This act provides that such provisions shall continue to apply to causes of action accruing before August 28, 2025. However, any causes of action that are prohibited or time-barred shall continue to be so after August 28, 2025. This act is similar to HB 2206 (2022), provisions in SS/SB 3 (2021), in HCS/SCS/SB 119 (2021), HB 855 (2021), in HCS/HB 922 (2021), SB 633 (2020), SB 96 (2019), and SB 934 (2018). KATIE O'BRIEN
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