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GA SB430
Bill
Status
Passed
4/22/2024
Primary Sponsor
Greg Dolezal
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AI Summary
- Removes the requirement that businesses post warning signs or include liability warnings on tickets/receipts in order to receive a rebuttable presumption that claimants assumed the risk of COVID-19 exposure on their premises
- Establishes an automatic rebuttable presumption of assumption of risk by claimants in COVID-19 liability claims against any individual or entity, without any prior notice or warning conditions
- Eliminates the same posted-warning requirement for healthcare facilities and healthcare providers to receive the rebuttable presumption of assumption of risk in COVID-19 liability claims
- Retains existing exceptions allowing liability claims to proceed in cases of gross negligence, willful and wanton misconduct, reckless infliction of harm, or intentional infliction of harm
- Preserves broader COVID-19 liability immunities under Code Section 51-16-2 and removes language about the admissibility of failure to post warnings
Legislative Description
COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety; provisions for rebuttable presumptions of risk by claimants in certain COVID-19 liability claims; revise
Last Action
Act 422
4/22/2024
Committee Referrals
Judiciary2/16/2024
Economic Development and Tourism1/31/2024
Full Bill Text
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