House Bill 3140 is generating fireworks.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
Drownings on the Rogue River.
Horrific—and sometimes fatal—ski accidents on Mount Hood and Mount Bachelor.
Stomach-turning sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted coach.
Even being crushed nearly to death by an escaped 1,400-pound Sisters Rodeo bull named Party Bus.
Those and other appalling anecdotes of recreation gone wrong transfixed the House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade on Feb.…