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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2182
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE MACKEY .
5616H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal sections 516.120 and 516.140, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to statutes of limitation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 516.120 and 516.140, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 516.120 and 516.140, to read as follows:
516.120. W ithin five years:
2 (1) All actions upon contracts, obligations or liabilities, express or implied, except
3 those mentioned in section 516.1 10 and section 516.140 , and except upon judgments or
4 decrees of a court of record, and except where a dif ferent time is herein limited;
5 (2) An action upon a liability created by a statute other than a penalty or forfeiture;
6 (3) An action for trespass on real estate;
7 (4) An action for taking, detaining or injuring any goods or chattels, including actions
8 for the recovery of specific personal property[ , or for any other injury to the person or rights
9 of another , not arising on contract and not herein otherwise enumerated ];
10 (5) An action for relief on the ground of fraud, the cause of action in such case to be
11 deemed not to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party , at any time within ten
12 years, of the facts constituting the fraud.
516.140. W ithin two years:
2 (1) An action for libel, slander , injurious falsehood, assault, battery , false
3 imprisonment, criminal conversation, malicious prosecution or actions brought under
4 section 290.140[ . ] ;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
5 (2) An action by an employee for the payment of unpaid minimum wages, unpaid
6 overtime compensation or liquidated damages by reason of the nonpayment of minimum
7 wages or overtime compensation, and for the recovery of any amount under and by virtue of
8 the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and amendments thereto, such act
9 being an act of Congress, shall be brought within two years after the cause accrued ;
10 (3) An action that accrues on or after August 28, 2026, for any injury to the
11 person or rights of another , not arising on contract and not otherwise pro vided for by
12 law , including actions for personal injury or bodily injury;
13 (4) An action that accrues on or after August 28, 2026, against an insur er
14 r elating to uninsur ed motorist coverage or underinsur ed motorist coverage, including
15 any action to enforce such coverage .
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