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Kentucky committee advances bill shielding landowners from liability for rock climbing incidents
Summary
The committee advanced House Bill 114 to extend farm/landowner liability protections to rock climbing, bouldering and rappelling; presenters and supporters described the measure as narrow and aimed at recreational access while members asked whether it could affect private agritourism operations.
Representative Josh Truett introduced House Bill 114 to the committee, saying the measure "is a very simple bill" that would add rock climbing, bouldering and rappelling to activities for which a farmer or landowner would not be held liable.
The bill, presented at committee by Truett and with witnesses Curtis Rogers of the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition and Daniel Dunn, eastern regional director at the Access Fund (by Zoom), would extend existing liability protections so that landowners…
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