{"id":"DUT-NM-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Mexico House of Representatives, 54th Legislature, First Special Session, 2020 (bill as introduced)","authority":"Legislative bill; not enacted","instrument":"House Bill 16 (2020 First Special Session), \u0027Coronavirus Tort Claim Immunity\u0027","title":"Bill to immunize a business open to the public from liability for COVID-19 exposure claims if it \u0027complies with federal and state laws that provide requirements for mitigation\u0027; referred to the House Rules and Order of Business Committee June 19, 2020 and never heard","dateIssued":"2020-06-19","effective":"Never effective","end":"Died in the House Rules and Order of Business Committee at adjournment (June 22, 2020)","startDate":"2020-06-19","endDate":"2020-06-22","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["would have applied to persons operating a business, facility or activity open to the public"],"clause":"A person who operates a business, facility or activity that is open to the public shall not be liable for a breach of duty of care when damages or injury are alleged to result from exposure or potential exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 if the person complies with federal and state laws that provide requirements for mitigation of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing: the bill was never enacted. Its text shows that even the shield New Mexico\u0027s Legislature considered would have protected only the business that \u0027complies with federal and state laws that provide requirements for mitigation\u0027; with no shield enacted, the ordinary standard of care governed and the public health orders and the COVID-Safe Practices fixed its content for every business open to the public. Character as recorded: unenacted_bill (proposed liability shield; not enacted; liability_shield_condition layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/20%20Special/bills/house/HB0016.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":51867,"grade":"primary","character":"unenacted_bill","description":"","collection":"DUT-NM","url":"/library/DUT-NM-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NM-016","citation":"New Mexico House of Representatives, 54th Legislature, First Special Session, 2020 (bill as introduced), House Bill 16 (2020 First Special Session), \u0027Coronavirus Tort Claim Immunity\u0027 (June 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NM-016)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":[]}