# 119-hr-99: Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025

119-hr-99, Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-99
- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-99
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Protecting businesses from COVID-related negligence claims.** This bill would require a specific jury instruction in federal damage suits that allege COVID-19 transmission. The instruction would state the applicable standard is the reasonable person test. It would define negligence as doing something a reasonably careful person would not do or failing to do something a reasonably careful person would do. It would treat opening a business, by itself, as reasonable as a matter of law. It would say negligence cannot be found solely because a business was open.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New jury rule helping businesses: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would require federal courts to give a specific jury instruction in civil cases that claim COVID-19 was transmitted and seek money damages. The judge would tell jurors the test is the reasonable person standard. The judge would define negligence as doing something a reasonably…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-99 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/99)

## Related
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-99 (as of 2025-12-21).