{"id":"DUT-CT-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut General Assembly, January Session 2021 (Proposed Bill No. 5125, LCO No. 413; Rep. Fiorello et al.; referred to the Committee on Judiciary)","authority":"Proposed amendment to chapter 925 of the General Statutes","instrument":"Proposed H.B. No. 5125 (2021), An Act Concerning the Provision of Temporary Immunity from Liability to Entities That Have Safely Operated During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NOT ENACTED)","title":"An Act Concerning the Provision of Temporary Immunity from Liability to Entities That Have Safely Operated During the COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2021-01-12","effective":"never took effect","end":"died in committee (2021 session)","startDate":"2021-01-12","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["would have applied to businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, the State and its political subdivisions"],"clause":"temporary immunity from civil liability to businesses, nonprofit organizations, universities, the state and any of its political subdivisions who, on or after March 10, 2020, acted in substantial compliance with public health guidelines for any loss, damage, injury or death arising from exposure to or transmission of COVID-19..., except in instances of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.","enforcement":"none (proposed immunity, not enacted)","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing: the bill was never enacted. Its significance is twofold and recorded exactly: (1) Connecticut enacted no general business liability shield for 2020 or 2021, so the ordinary standard of care, informed by the orders, the Sector Rules and the public-health guidance they incorporated, applied to every business in full; (2) the only shield the General Assembly was asked to consider would have been conditioned on having \u0027acted in substantial compliance with public health guidelines,\u0027 the same compliance the Service now calls voluntary. Character as recorded: not_enacted (legislative history; no legal effect).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-05125-R00-HB.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":45646,"grade":"primary","character":"not_enacted","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-008","citation":"Connecticut General Assembly, January Session 2021 (Proposed Bill No. 5125, LCO No. 413; Rep. Fiorello et al.; referred to the Committee on Judiciary), Proposed H.B. No. 5125 (2021), An Act Concerning the Provision of Temporary Immunity from Liability to Entities That Have Safely Operated During the COVID-19 Pandemic (NOT ENACTED) (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. DUT-CT-008)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-012","CT-014","CT-036"]}