LIABILITY/CIVIL: Limits liability of operators of motor vehicles for harm caused to certain persons who are injured while illegally blocking a road or highway
This bill modifies existing laws to limit the financial liability of vehicle operators when they are sued for injuries caused to people who illegally block roads or highways. The key change adds a specific exception to the law, ensuring that drivers are not held responsible if the injury resulted from an intentional act or omission by the person blocking the road. This provision directly affects drivers involved in incidents with roadblockers and the individuals who set up those blocks. By clarifying that intentional actions by the blocker exclude the driver from liability, the bill aims to provide clearer legal standards for these specific situations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2024 · House Apr 8, 2024
How they voted
23–13
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Nay
R
Republican25
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 17, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 25 yeas and 13 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 15, 2024
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 14, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 29. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (11-0-1).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JG
Jay Gallé
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Chad Boyer
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Dewith Carrier
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
John Illg
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
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