HB111 Alabama 2020 Session

Under current law, persons who donate perishable food to bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations for free distribution are immune from criminal and civil liability arising from an injury or death due to the condition of that food, subject to certain exceptions

This bill would clarify that this immunity extends to donors of meat from game animals

This bill would limit immunity for all donations of canned or perishable foods, so that it would not apply to liability arising from an injury or death due to an intentional act or omission of the donor

Relating to donated food; to amend Section 20-1-6, Code of Alabama 1975, to clarify that donors of meat from game animals are granted immunity from criminal and civil liability arising from an injury or death due to condition of that food unless that injury or death is a direct result of an intentional act or omission of that donor.