SHB 2265 — Establishing climbing facility regulations and requirements.

What this bill does

Requires licensure of climbing facilities and authorizes the Department of Licensing to establish application forms and fees, grant and renew licenses, and adopt rules. Establishes specific requirements for climbing facility operators and participants. Provides that climbing participants are deemed as a matter of law to have assumed and accepted the inherent risks of the sport of indoor rock climbing. Provides rock climbing facilities and operators with immunity to civil liability for bodily injury or death of participants engaged in the sport of indoor rocking climbing that is caused by the inherent and assumed risks of rock climbing, subject to exceptions for willful or wanton disregard and intentional injury. Excludes from the statutory definition of Amusement Ride all fixed artificial climbing surfaces built for the sport of rock climbing and used in a climbing facility.

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