H.R.2290: Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015

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Volunteer Organization Protection Act of 2015 Amends the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 to expand liability protections to volunteer nonprofit organizations for harm caused by an act or omission of a volunteer on behalf of the organization. Prohibits such liability protections from applying if the organization: (1) would be liable under laws governing the direct or vicarious liability of organizations, and (2) expressly authorized the...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Date Description
June 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
May 13, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 13, 2015

Introduced in the House by Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

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