HB 1046 — Protecting the vulnerable by providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle arising from the rescue of vulnerable persons or domestic animals.

What this bill does

Provides civil immunity for damages to a motor vehicle to any person who enters a motor vehicle to remove a vulnerable person or domestic animal, subject to certain requirements.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 30, 2025
  61 yea · 35 nay · 2 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 2025
  60 yea · 36 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 14, 2025
  36 yea · 12 nay · 1 not voting

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