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HB551 Alabama 2011 Session

Updated Jan 11, 2026
HB551 Alabama 2011 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2011
Session
8
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Property owners, liability limited for leasing property for hunting or fishing, Landowners Protection Act
Description

Under existing law, a landowner who authorizes another person to use his or her property for hunting or fishing purposes may be held liable for damages for willful or malicious failure to guard against a dangerous condition, for injury under certain conditions where permission to hunt or fish was granted for commercial enterprise for profit, or under certain conditions for injury to third parties caused by acts of the person to whom permission to hunt or fish was granted.

This bill would limit liability of landowners who lease property for hunting or fishing purposes.

Subjects
Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Greer motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote

Greer motion to Substitute SB84 for HB551 adopted Voice Vote

Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature