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Committee advances bill extending recreational-use liability protection to climbers
Summary
The Senate standing committee on economic development, labor and tourism reported House Bill 114 with favorable expression to the floor; the bill would make explicit that landowners are not liable when they permit rock climbing, bouldering or rappelling on their property.
At meeting 6 of the standing committee on economic development, labor and tourism for the 2025 general session, lawmakers voted to report House Bill 114 with a favorable recommendation to the full Senate. The bill was presented by Representative Truitt, who described it as a narrow change to the state's recreational-use protections.
Representative Truitt, 80 ninth House district, told the committee the measure “simply removes the liability from a landowner of someone who they give permission to rock climb, boulder, or repel on their property, and that's all this legislation does.” The sponsor said the text clarifies that existing recreational-use protections extend to those three activities.
A committee member summarized the bill as “extending the long standing recreational use statute” to cover active recreation in the listed activities; Representative Truitt confirmed that characterization. After brief discussion there was a motion and a second and the clerk called the roll. A committee member recorded the outcome as a favorable report to the floor.
The bill does not, in the committee record, specify any changes to insurance, permitting, or safety standards; the discussion focused solely on adding rock climbing, bouldering and rappelling to the statute's protections. No amendment language or additional fiscal effects were discussed on the record during the committee meeting.
The committee's favorable report moves House Bill 114 to the next stage of consideration in the Senate. The committee record does not include a final Senate vote or enactment at this meeting.
