MO SB671

Repeals and replaces section 537.325, RSMo to extend liability protections from equine activities to livestock activities.

Shields equine activity sponsors, equine professionals, livestock activity sponsors, livestock owners, livestock facilities, livestock auction markets, and their employees from liability for injuries or deaths resulting from inherent risks of equine or livestock activities.

Defines "inherent risks" including animal behavior unpredictability, surface conditions, collisions, and participant negligence, but excludes liability for faulty equipment, failure to assess participant ability, known dangerous conditions without warning signs, willful or wanton disregard for safety, intentional injury, and failure to use ordinary care.

Requires equine and livestock activity sponsors to post warning signs in clearly visible locations and include the same warning notice in written contracts, with lettering at least one inch in height.

Exempts the horse racing industry (sections 313.050-313.720) and employer-employee relationships governed by chapter 287 from these liability protections.