SB 126

Under current law, a person who participates in certain equine activities

(related to horses, ponies, mules, and other equines) is immune from civil liability

for his or her acts or omissions if another person is injured or killed as a result of an

inherent risk of an equine activity. An inherent risk of an equine activity is any

condition that is an integral part of an equine activity, including the unpredictability

of the animal's behavior, the failure of a rider to control an animal, or a collision with

an object or another animal.

Current law does not extend immunity if a person provides equine equipment

that he or she knew or should have known was faulty, if a person provides an equine

to a person without making a reasonable effort to determine the person's ability to

safely manage the equine, if a person acts in a willful or wanton disregard for the

safety of a person or intentionally causes the person's injury or death, or if a person

fails to post required safety and warning signs.

Under this bill, equine-assisted learning and equine-assisted psychotherapy

are equine activities for the purpose of civil liability immunity.