HB 2423 Summary

• Amends A.R.S. § 12-558 to permit space flight entities to enter into valid and enforceable liability release agreements with both space flight participants and crew members to limit civil liability for injuries arising from space flight activities.

• Adds "crew" to the statute's definitions, defining it as employees or contractors of a space flight entity who perform space flight activities.

• Modifies the "launch" definition to clarify that it includes placement of vehicles in "a flight path targeted to exceed an altitude of sixty thousand feet," in addition to suborbital trajectories, earth orbit, or outer space.

• Maintains existing definitions for launch vehicles, spacecraft, reentry, space flight activities, space flight entities, and space flight participants without substantive changes.

• Declares legislative intent to promote commercial space flight activities and space infrastructure in Arizona to increase economic development.