HR 99
119th Congress
House
Law
Business ethics
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025
This bill requires a specific jury instruction in a federal civil action for damages based on negligence arising from the transmission of COVID-19.
Specifically, a court must instruct the jury that negligence may not be found solely on the basis of holding oneself open for business.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 99: Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-99/
"H.R. 99: Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-99/.
H.R. 99, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-99/.
[H.R. 99: Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-99/)