Legislature may again extend deadline for settlements over abuse of Iowa Boy Scouts

Senate subcommittee approves bill to extend 2024 law on Boy Scouts settlement

Iowa senators advanced legislation April 13, 2026, to extend a 2024 law allowing Iowans to participate in a national Boy Scouts settlement. (Photo by Catherine McQueen/Getty Images)A Senate subcommittee moved forward legislation Monday that would extend a 2024 law temporarily lifting the state’s statute of limitations on child sexual abuse to allow Iowa victims to participate in a national Boy Scouts settlement. The bill would keep the provision…

Legislature may again extend deadline for settlements over abuse of Iowa Boy Scouts

Legislators may pass another bill to extend a legal deadline, so hundreds of Iowa men may get a full payment from a $2.4 billion compensation fund for victims who were abused by Boy Scout leaders. Iowa law requires child sex abuse victims to file lawsuits by the time they reach the age of 19 or […]

Legislature may again extend deadline for settlement over abuse of Iowa Boy Scouts

(Radio Iowa) – Legislators may pass another bill to extend a legal deadline, so hundreds of Iowa men may get a full payment from a two-and-a-half BILLION dollar compensation fund for victims who were abused by Boy Scout leaders. Iowa law requires child sex abuse victims to file lawsuits by the time they reach the age of 19 — or within four years of when they realize they’ve been abused. A bill passed in 2024 said Iowans who were abused by Boy Sc…