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1994 SESSION
SB 220 Ox Activity Liability Act.
Introduced by: R. Edward Houck | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Ox Activity Liability Act. Limits the liability of those who sponsor or conduct activities involving oxen such as rides, competitions and performances. Liability is not limited in those situations in which the ox activity sponsor (i) acts in a negligent manner, unless the injured party has expressly assumed the risk of injury as laid out in the statute; (ii) intentionally injures a participant; or (iii) knowingly provides faulty equipment which results in the injury. The expression of the assumption of risk includes the execution of a waiver giving notice of the inherent dangers of the activity including (i) the dangerous propensity of an ox, (ii) the inability to predict an ox's reaction to sounds, movements and the like, and (iii) hazards of surface or subsurface conditions.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/02/94 Senate: Printed as engrossed LD1511685 (SB220E) pdf
- 03/18/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB220ER) pdf
- 04/11/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/94 Senate: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/24/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/31/94 Senate: Reported from A. C. & N. R. w/amds. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/94 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/94 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/02/94 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/02/94 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/02/94 Senate: Printed as engrossed LD1511685 (SB220E)
- 02/03/94 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/94 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/04/94 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/94 House: Read first time
- 02/07/94 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/22/94 House: Assigned to Agriculture sub-committee: 1
- 03/04/94 House: Reported from Agriculture (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/94 House: Read second time
- 03/08/94 House: Read third time
- 03/08/94 House: Passed House (88-Y 6-N)
- 03/08/94 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 6-N)
- 03/18/94 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB220ER)
- 03/24/94 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/07/94 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/11/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)