HOUSE BILL NO. 12                                                              
                                                                               
"An Act relating to civil liability for injuries or                            
death resulting from equine activities."                                       
                                                                               
Representative Davis MOVED to ADOPT the proposed committee                     
substitute for HB 12, work draft 0-LS0097\B, 3/30/98.  There                   
being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                         
                                                                               
MIKE TIBBLES, STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE THERRIAULT observed that                   
the legislation concerns liability for persons that are                        
injured and their rights to sue.   He clarified that if a                      
person is injured while riding a horse and has an insurance                    
policy they would not be precluded from collecting for the                     
injury. Representative Davies was concerned that limitations                   
on the right to sue not limit the right to collect under an                    
insurance policy.  Legislative counsel indicated that they                     
are two different issues.  Amendment 1 amends the definition                   
of compensatory damages to not include benefits paid under                     
an insurance policy (copy on file).                                            
                                                                               
Co-Chair Hanley MOVED to ADOPT Amendment 1.  There being NO                    
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Mulder MOVED to report CSHB 12 (FIN) out of                     
Committee with the accompanying fiscal note.  There being NO                   
OBJECTION, it was so ordered.