US Congress House Bill 2432 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 36-2)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to expand liability protections to volunteer nonprofit organizations for harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. The bill prohibits such liability protections from applying if the organization: (1) would be liable under laws governing the direct or vicarious liability of organizations, and (2) expressly authorized the specific conduct constituting the act or omission. The bill bars such an organization from liability for harm caused by the organization, or a volunteer acting on its behalf, if the act or omission was at the request of, or pursuant to an authorization by, a state, the United States, or another governmental subdivision, provided that: (1) the requesting or authorizing governmental entity would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages if it had engaged in the acts or omissions itself or through employees or independent contractors; or (2) the governmental employee, agent, or contractor would have been immune either from suit or from liability in damages by virtue of immunity extended to individual governmental actors. The bill prohibits punitive damages from being awarded against a volunteer nonprofit organization for the actions of a volunteer within the scope of the volunteer's responsibilities to the organization unless the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the organization itself expressly authorized the volunteer's action with a conscious, flagrant indifference to the rights or safety of the individual harmed.

Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2017

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Sam Johnson [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. John Faso [R-NY]	Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-05-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2432/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2432/BILLS-115hr2432ih.pdf