Parks, local; waterway activities, liability.
Summary
Authorizes a locality or park authority to establish, conduct, and regulate a system of boating, canoeing, kayaking, or tubing activities on waterways and to exercise certain related powers. The bill releases from certain civil liability a locality that establishes such a system or a system of hiking, biking, or horseback riding trails, or the owner of any property leased or licensed for such uses, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Bill status
failed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 29, 2017
Last action Mar 10, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 12-N)
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (80-Y 15-N)
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Motion for second committee of conference agreed to
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Mar 9, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Mar 2, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB220E
legislature
Feb 7, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 16, 2018
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
legislature
Dec 29, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103058D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Will Morefield
RRepublican
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