Premises liability. Provides that if a person enters the premises of a nonprofit religious organization that is used for worship services with the permission of the nonprofit religious organization, the nonprofit religious organization has a duty to: (1) warn the person of a hidden danger on the premises if a representative of the nonprofit religious organization has actual knowledge of the hidden danger; and (2) refrain from intentionally harming the person. Provides that if a person enters the premises of a nonprofit religious organization without the permission of the nonprofit religious organization, the nonprofit religious organization has only a duty to refrain from intentionally harming the person.
I’m afraid I’m not up to speed enough on my premises liability law to notice immediately how this differs from premises liability for any other similarly situated organization that doesn’t happen to be used for religious purposes. Also not immediately obvious to me are the policy reasons for treating nonprofit places of worship differently from other nonprofit places open to the public with respect to premises liability. In any event, the House Judiciary Committee approved this and sent it on to the full House.
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