Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
Summary
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, defined in the bill. The bill states that a campground, an owner or operator of a campground, and any employee or officer of a campground shall be immune from civil liability for acts or omissions related to camping at a campground if a person is injured or killed, or the property of an individual or group is damaged, as a result of the inherent risks of camping. An owner or operator of a campground, and any employee or officer of a campground, may be held civilly liable under this section if the person or agents of the campground seeking immunity intentionally cause injury, death, or property damage; act with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of others or the property of others; or fail to conspicuously post warning signs of a dangerous inconspicuous condition known on the property if the owner of the campground is aware of the condition by reason of a prior injury involving the same location or the same mechanism of injury.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Feb 5, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2020
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Judiciary
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
upper
Jan 24, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103836D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
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