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House Rules committee adopts amendment to allow recreation waivers, sends Senate Bill 1517A to the floor
Summary
The House Committee on Rules adopted the A25 amendment to Senate Bill 1517A, making recreation liability waivers enforceable in broader circumstances while adding exceptions for child abuse and physical assault; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
Chair Bowman opened a work session on Senate Bill 1517A on March 4 and asked committee staffer Tisha to summarize the measure. Tisha said the bill’s A version permits recreation operators to require liability releases for ordinary negligence and that the posted A25 amendment broadens releasable claims to those "arising out of the activity," removes some exceptions, narrows others and adds exceptions for child abuse and physical assault; she said fiscal impacts would be minimal.
Representative Levy told the committee the dash A25 represents about a decade of…
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