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HR 911 104th Congress House

Volunteer Protection Act of 1995

Official title: To encourage the States to enact legislation to grant immunity from personal civil liability, under certain circumstances, to volunteers working on behalf of n… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To encourage the States to enact legislation to grant immunity from personal civil liability, under certain circumstances, to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and governmental entities.

Introduced: October 31, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Federal-state relationsGovernment Operations and PoliticsLabor and EmploymentLiability (Law)Nonprofit organizationsSocial WelfareState lawsTortsVolunteer workers
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This bill died when the 104th Congress ended
It never became law before the 104th Congress (1995–1996) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 1996
Committee Hearings Held.
Feb 27, 1996
Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 24, 1995
See H.R.4.
Feb 15, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Feb 13, 1995
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 1996

Committee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Volunteer Protection Act of 1995 - Prescribes circumstances under which volunteers working for nonprofit organizations or government entities shall be immune from personal financial liability for acts on behalf of the organization or entity. Sets forth exceptions and conditions that a State may impose on the granting of such immunity.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to increase by one percent the fiscal year allotment which would otherwise be made to a State to carry out the Social Services Block Grant Program under title XX of the Social Security Act if such State has, within two years, certified to the Secretary that it has enacted a State law which provides such immunity. Provides for the continuation of such increase based on an annual recertification.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4 Procedurally related Work Opportunity Act of 1995
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 9 Republican 4 Independent 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 15, 1996
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 15, 1996
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Dec 7, 1995
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 31, 1995
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Oct 10, 1995
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 19, 1995
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 27, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 27, 1995
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 13, 1995
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 13, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 13, 1995
Sanford, Mark
· Feb 13, 1995
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 13, 1995
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 13, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 911: Volunteer Protection Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-911/
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"H.R. 911: Volunteer Protection Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-911/.
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H.R. 911, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-911/.
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