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Senate committee declines to advance Curti’s ropeway safety board after split vote
Summary
A proposal to reestablish a state Board of Ropeway Safety (SB 556) drew testimony about recent lift incidents and proposed fees but failed on a 5–6 roll call; the committee later voted to table the bill after discussion about insurance, inspections, and sovereign immunity for contractors.
Senate Bill 556, a proposal to reestablish a state Board of Ropeway Safety and require registration and inspections of passenger ropeways, failed to pass the Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee on a 5–6 roll call and was subsequently tabled.
Senator Willis Curti, sponsor of the bill, said he introduced the measure after a series of incidents and a recent tragic accident at Red Lodge Ski Area. He described the policy objective as restoring transparent oversight that other states provide. Curti read a letter recounting a 2023 incident in which his son and he were involved: "my son and I were involved in a ski lift incident 2 years ago at a Missoula area ski area where my 4 year old son was ejected from a ski lift chair from…
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