Virginia Senate Bill 780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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. 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.

Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Judiciary
2020-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2020-01-27	Senate	Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
2020-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103836D

SB780 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (8-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
35	1	17.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB780
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB780+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB780F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S12C0042+SB0780
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SC0149SB0780+SB0780
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03C0225+SB0780