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AR SB465
Bill
Status
Failed
4/25/2019
Primary Sponsor
Breanne Davis
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AI Summary
- Creates the Arkansas Cycling Activities Act as a new subchapter in Arkansas Code Title 16, Chapter 120, establishing liability protections for bicycle outfitters
- Defines "cycling activity" as riding a bicycle for competition, exercise, training, teaching, or sponsored activities, and lists specific inherent risks including surface hazards, collisions, weather-related conditions, operator error, animal attacks, and remote location medical access issues
- Shields bicycle outfitters from liability for participant injuries or death resulting from inherent risks of cycling activities, but maintains outfitter liability for intentional injury, gross negligence, unsafe bicycles, failure to meet Consumer Product Safety Commission standards, ordinary negligence, and willful or wanton misconduct
- Does not apply to employer-employee workers' compensation relationships and supplements other liability limitations under Arkansas law
- Requires bicycle outfitters to post warning signage in black letters at least one inch high stating that liability is limited under state law and participants assume the risk of cycling activities
Legislative Description
To Create The Arkansas Cycling Activities Act.
Last Action
Sine Die adjournment
4/25/2019
Committee Referrals
Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs3/4/2019
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