Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026

This bill would change a federal law about vehicle safety standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Current law says that meeting a federal motor vehicle safety standard does not protect a person or company from being sued under common law. The bill would instead say that meeting a federal standard protects them from common-law lawsuits claiming they should have built or equipped a vehicle to exceed that standard. The bill states its purposes as applying these standards uniformly and limiting lawsuits that would replace the federal standards.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Mike Flood Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors