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CS/CS/SB 920: Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Environment and Natural Resources ; Bradley

Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes; Providing that owners may not be subject to liability if they are generating certain revenues and those revenues are used exclusively for specified purposes; expanding the applicability of the limitation of liability for persons who provide areas to the public for outdoor recreational purposes without charge, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 6/9/2021 - Chapter No. 2021-56
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/28/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 103
    2/8/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 02/15/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    2/15/2021 Senate • CS by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 178
    2/16/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/18/2021 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    2/25/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/02/21, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 103
    • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
    • Now in Rules
    • CS by Environment and Natural Resources read 1st time -SJ 174
    3/22/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/25/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/25/2021 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 325
    3/26/2021 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/29/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/01/21 -SJ 341
    3/30/2021 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 328
    4/1/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 338
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 338
    • CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 338
    • Immediately certified -SJ 341
    4/1/2021 House • In Messages
    4/8/2021 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
    • Amendment 629927 filed
    • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
    4/12/2021 House • Amendment 629927 withdrawn
    4/13/2021 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
    • Added to Second Reading Calendar
    4/26/2021 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
    4/27/2021 House • Read 2nd time
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    4/28/2021 House • Read 3rd time
    • CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0
    • Message sent to senate
    4/28/2021 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 845
    6/3/2021 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
    6/4/2021 • Approved by Governor
    6/9/2021 • Chapter No. 2021-56

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  • CS/CS/SB 920, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/28/2021 at 2:02 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 287 Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes Shoaf Similar Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 920 (Ch. 2021-56) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    375.251 Limitation on liability of persons making available to public certain areas for recreational purposes without charge. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 920, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/26/2021 at 10:43 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 287 Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes Shoaf Similar Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 920 (Ch. 2021-56) Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    629927 - Amendment
    Remove lines 21-32     		Shoaf 4/8/2021
    6:14 PM     		House: Withdrawn
    4/12/2021     		PDF

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/1/2021 10:20 AM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/28/2021 1:11 PM House 118 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    375.251 Limitation on liability of persons making available to public certain areas for recreational purposes without charge. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 920, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/16/2021 at 8:44 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/1/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/2/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/23/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/25/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 287 Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes Shoaf Identical Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 920 (Ch. 2021-56) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    887138 - Amendment
    Delete lines 12 - 49 and insert:     		Rules
    (Bradley)     		3/23/2021
    3:10 PM     		Replaced by Substitute Amendment
    3/25/2021     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 755520 - Substitute Amendment (887138)
    Delete lines 12 - 16 and insert:     		Rules
    (Bradley)     		3/24/2021
    12:34 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/25/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/2/2021 1:30 PM Judiciary 11 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/25/2021 9:00 AM Rules 17 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    375.251 Limitation on liability of persons making available to public certain areas for recreational purposes without charge. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 920, Original Filed Version Posted 1/28/2021 at 12:04 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 2/12/2021 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 2/16/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 287 Liability of Persons Providing Areas for Public Outdoor Recreational Purposes Shoaf Identical Last Action: 4/27/2021 H Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 920 (Ch. 2021-56) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    628690 - Title Amendment
    In title, delete lines 4 - 7 and insert:     		Environment and Natural Resources
    (Bradley)     		2/12/2021
    2:05 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/15/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/15/2021 3:30 PM Environment and Natural Resources 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    375.251 Limitation on liability of persons making available to public certain areas for recreational purposes without charge. Page 1 (pdf)

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