Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026

This bill would bar lawsuits in federal or state court that seek money or other relief from oil, gas, and coal businesses for harms said to result from climate change, including claims based on marketing or failure to warn. Any such lawsuit pending when the bill becomes law would be dismissed right away. State and local laws that require payments from energy businesses for climate change costs, sometimes called climate superfund laws, would be void. The bill states that greenhouse gas emissions and climate change are governed only by federal law, and that no claim may be brought under state law for climate change-related harms from those emissions.

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Sponsors

• Ted Cruz Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors