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2021 SESSION
SB 780 Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, defined in the bill. The bill states that a campground, an owner or operator of a campground, and any employee or officer of a campground shall be immune from civil liability for acts or omissions related to camping at a campground if a person is injured or killed, or the property of an individual or group is damaged, as a result of the inherent risks of camping. An owner or operator of a campground, and any employee or officer of a campground, may be held civilly liable under this section if the person or agents of the campground seeking immunity intentionally cause injury, death, or property damage; act with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of others or the property of others; or fail to conspicuously post warning signs of a dangerous inconspicuous condition known on the property if the owner of the campground is aware of the condition by reason of a prior injury involving the same location or the same mechanism of injury.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103836D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/22/20 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/20 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/27/20 Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
- 02/05/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 0-N)
- 12/04/20 Senate: Left in Judiciary