Earlier this week, Iowa Gov., Kim Reynolds, signed Senate File 562 into law. This act is related to the sexual exploitation by an adult providing training or instruction and statute of limitation time periods for certain criminal offenses committed on or with minors. It also provides penalties and includes effective date provisions. “Today Iowa stands in support of survivors of sexual violence as we become the 14th state to eliminate the statute of limitations for these heinous crimes,” Reynolds says. “I also want to thank Kimberly Gleason, a survivor of sexual abuse as a child, who tirelessly advocated for this bill. Without her bravery and the willingness of so many other survivors to come forward, we wouldn’t be able to hold more abusers accountable for their crimes.” Gleason says she is humbled and honored to have had the opportunity to work with the Iowa House and Senate Republicans and Democrats on this bill. “Starting today, the trauma that victims of child sex abuse endure will no longer outlive their ability to pursue criminal charges against their offenders,” she says. “Even if a victim does not choose to pursue criminal charges, I pray this will help to restore their power, and it may lead them to find their voice.”