Bill stops lawsuits against car makers for unsafe vehicles.
S. 5336 — Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026 · Filed by Deb Fischer (R-NE) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes federal law about car safety. It stops people from suing car makers in state courts. The cars must meet federal rules. Right now, people can sue even if cars meet federal rules. This bill would end those lawsuits. Car makers would only have to follow federal rules.
Who it affects
People who get hurt in cars lose the right to sue. Families of injured people lose this right too. Car makers and car part makers gain protection from lawsuits.
One thing to notice
Federal rules set a lowest level of safety that cars must meet. This bill stops state courts from requiring cars to be safer than that level.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- federal rules — Safety rules set by the U.S. government that cars must follow.
- state courts — Courts run by each state that hear cases between people and companies.
- protection from lawsuits — Legal shield that stops people from suing a company in court.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (766 characters) on Aug 17, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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