{"id":"DUT-CO-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Colorado","state":"CO","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Colorado Senate (Seventy-second General Assembly, First Extraordinary Session); prime sponsors Sen. Tate, Reps. Landgraf and Pelton","authority":"Proposed C.R.S. § 13-21-115.8","instrument":"Senate Bill 20B-011, Immunity for Small Businesses During COVID-19 (introduced; not enacted)","title":"Concerning Civil Immunity for Small Businesses that Comply with Applicable Health Guidelines Related to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-11-30","effective":"Never effective","end":"Postponed indefinitely by the Senate Finance Committee, Nov. 30, 2020 (vote 4-3)","startDate":"2020-11-30","endDate":"2020-11-30","quarters":[],"types":["COND"],"addressees":["specified businesses (small businesses as defined)"],"clause":"(2) A small business is immune from civil liability for any act or omission that results in exposure, loss, damage, injury, or death arising out of COVID-19 if the small business attempts in good faith to comply with applicable guidelines unless the exposure, loss, damage, injury, or death was caused by gross negligence or a willful and wanton act or omission of the small business.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing (not enacted). The special-session bill would have protected only a small business that \u0027attempts in good faith to comply with applicable guidelines\u0027; its failure on the day of introduction left Colorado businesses under the ordinary negligence and premises-liability standards. Character as recorded: not_enacted (legislative history; no legal effect).","sourceUrl":"https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_011_01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":142677,"grade":"primary","character":"not_enacted","description":"","collection":"DUT-CO","url":"/library/DUT-CO-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CO-018","citation":"Colorado Senate (Seventy-second General Assembly, First Extraordinary Session); prime sponsors Sen. Tate, Reps. Landgraf and Pelton, Senate Bill 20B-011, Immunity for Small Businesses During COVID-19 (introduced; not enacted) (Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CO-018)","stateName":"Colorado","related":["DUT-CO-013"]}