§14502 Preemption and Election of State Nonapplicability

Summary

Federal law overrides any state law that conflicts with it. But state laws that give volunteers extra protection from lawsuits when they help a nonprofit or a government are not overridden. A state can choose to make the federal rules not apply to a lawsuit in a state court against a volunteer if everyone in the case is a citizen of that state. To do that, the state must pass a law that names this federal rule, says the state elects not to apply it starting on a specific date, and includes nothing else.