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Relating to civil liability and associated insurance requirements of alcoholic beverage licensees or permittees who also sell or serve consumable hemp products
Sponsored by the Senate Ways and Means Committee
Topics:Alcohol, cannabis & gamingCourts & civil lawInsurance
Same legislation: SSB 3195
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 25, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeMarch 26, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeApril 3, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Businesses that sell both alcohol and hemp products would face new legal rules if they sell hemp products to people who are intoxicated. If someone is injured or dies because of these products, the business could be held responsible in court. There are limits on how much money a person can win in these lawsuits unless their injuries are very severe.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to civil liability and associated insurance requirements of alcoholic beverage licensees or permittees who also sell or serve consumable hemp products.92 provides for civil liability and insurance requirements for alcoholic beverage licensees and permittees who sell and serve alcoholic beverages to a visibly intoxicated person (dramshop Act).7) or by another jurisdiction. The total amount recoverable by each plaintiff in any civil action for noneconomic damages for personal injury against a licensee or permittee who sold and served any CHP giving rise to such civil action is limited to $500,000 for any injury or death of a person, unless the jury determines that there is a substantial or permanent loss or impairment of a bodily function, substantial disfigurement, or death, which warrants a finding that imposition of such a limitation would deprive the plaintiff of just compensation for the injuries sustained. 92 based on sale or service of alcoholic beverages ($250,000, with similar exceptions), and applies regardless of whether the licensee or permittee also sold or served an alcoholic beverage.10(14).
Why it matters. Businesses that sell both alcohol and consumable hemp products would face new civil liability rules similar to those currently in place for alcohol sales. If a person is injured or dies due to a consumable hemp product, a plaintiff could recover up to $500,000 for noneconomic damages unless a jury finds that this limit would prevent just compensation for substantial injuries or death.2
Senate subcommittee
Named March 26, 2024 (as SSB 3195). On March 27, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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