# Senate votes to make sexual crimes against minors imprescriptible > On October 26, 2026, a collective of organizations and personalities advocated making sexual crimes and offenses against minors imprescriptible, as the Senate was due to examine the child protection bill. The following day, the Senate began examining this text on the Aide sociale à l'enfance, in a context where Marine Le Pen sought to capitalize on the issue. Minister Aurore Bergé defended the imprescriptibility of crimes against minors on Public Sénat. On October 29, the Senate restored this imprescriptibility by 252 votes to 80, paving the way for final adoption. **In brief**: Ongoing story bringing together 4 events nationwide, followed from 26 October 2026 to 29 October 2026. 23 articles from 20 sources (justice, society); last updated on 29 October 2026 at 01:33. - Status: ongoing - Category: Justice, Society - Place: Nationwide - First detected: 26 October 2026 at 14:54 - Updated: 29 October 2026 at 01:33 - Web page: https://acturadar.com/en/stories/79-senate-votes-to-make-sexual-crimes-against-minors-imprescriptible ## Coverage angles Coverage differs mainly in framing: the left emphasizes dysfunction in the Aide sociale à l'enfance and the political context, the center on the Senate vote and its procedural scope, the right on the government initiative and legal reservations. **Common ground** - The Senate is examining a child protection bill that includes the issue of imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against minors. - The imprescriptibility measure was adopted by the National Assembly, then dropped or removed in Senate committee before being restored. **Differences** - The left mentions Marine Le Pen's attempt to capitalize and dysfunction in the ASE; these elements do not appear in the center and right titles and excerpts. - The right emphasizes constitutional doubts and the desire to trim the text; these points are not highlighted in the left and center excerpts. - The center highlights the vote score (252-80) and final adoption; this score does not appear in the provided left and right excerpts. - The left presents the text as a 'catch-all' or 'distorted' bill and gives a voice to associations; the center and right favor the parliamentary or governmental framework. ## Timeline (4 events) ### 26 October 2026 — [Op-ed for imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against minors before Senate review](https://acturadar.com/en/events/785-op-ed-for-imprescriptibility-of-sexual-crimes-against-minors-before-senate.md) As the Senate examines the childhood bill, a collective of organizations and personalities calls for making sexual crimes and sexual assaults against minors imprescriptible. 2 sources, 2 articles · Nationwide ### 27 October 2026 — [The Senate examines a bill on child welfare](https://acturadar.com/en/events/1518-the-senate-examines-a-bill-on-child-welfare.md) The Senate examines, starting Tuesday, a bill on child welfare, whose dysfunctions are highlighted, while Marine Le Pen seeks to capitalize on the issue. 7 sources, 7 articles · Nationwide ### 27 October 2026 — [Aurore Bergé wants to make crimes against minors imprescriptible](https://acturadar.com/en/events/1674-aurore-berge-wants-to-make-crimes-against-minors-imprescriptible.md) Aurore Bergé defended on Public Sénat making crimes against minors imprescriptible, and also spoke about the Parcoursup reform. 4 sources, 4 articles · Nationwide ### 29 October 2026 — [The Senate votes for the imprescriptibility of sexual crimes against minors](https://acturadar.com/en/events/3417-the-senate-votes-for-the-imprescriptibility-of-sexual-crimes-against-minors.md) The Senate restores, by 252 votes to 80, the imprescriptibility of sexual crimes committed against minors, paving the way for final adoption. 10 sources, 10 articles · Nationwide --- Cite as: Acturadar, “Senate votes to make sexual crimes against minors imprescriptible”, https://acturadar.com/en/stories/79-senate-votes-to-make-sexual-crimes-against-minors-imprescriptible Methodology: https://acturadar.com/en/methodology