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SF0079 • 2011

Recreation Safety Act-waiver on behalf of minors.

AN ACT relating to the Recreation Safety Act; clarifying assumption of risk relating to that act; providing that a parent may waive a minor's negligence claim against a provider of a sport or recreational opportunity; and providing for an effective date. B

Children
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Case
Last action
2011-03-02
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/2/2011

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0079HW001

Committee of the Whole • BROWN

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by BROWN

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SF0079SS001

Standing Committee • BURNS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by BURNS

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Bill History

  1. 2011-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2011-03-02 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0066

  3. 2011-02-25 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0066

  4. 2011-02-25 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0066

  5. 2011-02-25 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0066

  6. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S Did Concur

  7. 2011-02-24 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2011-02-24 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  9. 2011-02-23 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  10. 2011-02-22 House

    H Passed CoW

  11. 2011-02-22 House

    Amendment Adopted

  12. 2011-02-22 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  13. 2011-02-11 House

    H Placed on General File

  14. 2011-02-11 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  15. 2011-02-03 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  16. 2011-02-02 House

    H Received for Introduction

  17. 2011-01-31 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  18. 2011-01-28 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  19. 2011-01-27 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  20. 2011-01-27 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  21. 2011-01-27 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  22. 2011-01-25 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  23. 2011-01-25 Senate

    S06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  24. 2011-01-12 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S06

  25. 2011-01-11 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  26. 2011-01-10 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

SF0079

Bill
No.:
SF0079

Drafter:

LNS

LSO
No.:

11LSO-0285

Effective Date:

3/2/2011

Enrolled
Act No.:

SEA0066

Chapter
No.:

91

Prime
Sponsor:

Senator Case

Catch
Title:

Recreation Safety Act-waiver on behalf of minors.

Subject:

Assumption
of inherent risks in sporting and recreational activities.

Summary/Major
Elements:

●

Under the current law, a person who participates
in a sport or recreational activity assumes the inherent risks of the activity
and is responsible for any injury to himself that results from the inherent
risk.

●

The act adds alpine sports, snowboarding and
outdoor education to the list of sport or recreational activities.

●

The act also clarifies that a person assumes the
inherent risk of a sport or recreational activity irrespective of how old the
person
is.

Comments:

●

Popular
name:

Recreation Safety Act

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0079

ENROLLED ACT NO. 66, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to the Recreation Safety Act; clarifying
and specifying
assumption of risk relating to that act;
modifying the listing of activities which constitute a sport or recreational opportunity; and
providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 1
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122(a)(iii) and 1
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123 by creating a new subsection (d) are amended to read:

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122.

Definitions
.

(a)

As used in this act:

(iii)

"Sport or recreational opportunity" means commonly understood sporting activities including baseball, softball, football, soccer, basketball, swimming, hockey, dude ranching, nordic or alpine skiing

and o
ther alpine sports
,

snowboarding,

mountain climbing,

outdoor education programs,
river floating, hunting, fishing, backcountry trips, horseback riding and any other equine activity, snowmobiling and similar recreational opportunities and includes the use of private lands for vehicle parking and land access related to the sport or recreational opportunity;

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123.

Assumption of risk.

(d)

The assumption of risk provisions in subsections (a) through (c)
of this section
apply irrespective of the age of the person assuming the risk.

Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(
END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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