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2018 SESSION
SB 371 Parks, local; waterway activities, liability.
Introduced by: A. Benton "Ben" Chafin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Local parks; waterway activities; liability. Authorizes a locality or park authority to establish, conduct, and regulate a system of boating, canoeing, kayaking, or tubing activities on waterways and to exercise certain related powers. The bill releases from certain civil liability a locality that establishes such a system or a system of hiking, biking, or horseback riding trails, or the owner of any property leased or licensed for such uses, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill is identical to HB 220.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100725D pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107818D-H1 pdf
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108238D-S1 pdf
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB371ER) pdf
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100725D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/30/18 Senate: Reported from Local Government (12-Y 1-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/18 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 02/08/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/18 House: Read first time
- 02/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/26/18 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/28/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107818D-H1
- 03/05/18 House: Read second time
- 03/06/18 House: Read third time
- 03/06/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107818D-H1
- 03/06/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB371H1
- 03/06/18 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/18 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- 03/08/18 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/08/18 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/18 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/08/18 Senate: Senators: Chafin, Cosgrove, Marsden
- 03/08/18 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/08/18 House: Delegates: Marshall, Poindexter, Heretick
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/09/18 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/09/18 Senate: Conference substitute printed 18108238D-S1
- 03/10/18 House: Passed by temporarily
- 03/10/18 Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/18 House: House acceded to request for second conference committee
- 03/10/18 House: Second conferees appointed by House
- 03/10/18 House: Delegates: Marshall, Poindexter, Heretick
- 03/10/18 Senate: Second conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/10/18 Senate: Senators: Chafin, Cosgrove, Marsden
- 03/10/18 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N)
- 03/10/18 House: Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 10-N)
- 03/10/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (87-Y 10-N)
- 03/20/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/20/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB371ER)
- 03/20/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
- 03/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)