H.R. 4194 · 119th Congress
Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act
Introduced on Jun 26, 2025 by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1). 21 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 26, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Introduced
- Jun 26, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 21
- 0 from the other party
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement
Progress
The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.
- Introduced
- 2Reported by committee
- 3Passed one chamber
- 4Passed both chambers
- 5Sent to the President
- 6Became law
Official title
To make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.
Sponsor and cosponsors
Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.
Republicans · 21
- Robert E. LattaR-OH-5original
- Thomas P. TiffanyR-WI-7original
- Earl L. "Buddy" CarterR-GA-1signed on Jul 16, 2025
- Gabe EvansR-CO-8signed on Jul 21, 2025
- Robert F. Onder, Jr.R-MO-3signed on Jul 21, 2025
- Ben ClineR-VA-6signed on Sep 15, 2025
- Derek SchmidtR-KS-2signed on Sep 18, 2025
- Jay ObernolteR-CA-23signed on Sep 30, 2025
- Gary J. PalmerR-AL-6signed on Oct 8, 2025
- Dale W. StrongR-AL-5signed on Oct 8, 2025
- Russ FulcherR-ID-1signed on Dec 4, 2025
- Brandon GillR-TX-26signed on Dec 4, 2025
- Randy K. Weber, Sr.R-TX-14signed on Dec 4, 2025
- Troy BaldersonR-OH-12signed on Dec 9, 2025
- Diana HarshbargerR-TN-1signed on Dec 11, 2025
- Troy E. NehlsR-TX-22signed on Dec 11, 2025
- Roger WilliamsR-TX-25signed on Dec 16, 2025
- Mike HaridopolosR-FL-8signed on Jan 21, 2026
- Michael A. RulliR-OH-6signed on Jan 23, 2026
- Jimmy PatronisR-FL-1signed on Feb 3, 2026
- Scott FitzgeraldR-WI-5signed on Feb 4, 2026
Roll calls
Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.
No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.
History
Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees
Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.
Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction
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Who lobbied on it
Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS10 reports$500K reported (all issues)
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION7 reports$1.6M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION4 reports$6.4M reported (all issues)
- American Property Casualty Insurance Association fka Property Casualty Insurers3 reports$150K reported (all issues)
- S&C Electric3 reports$90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: S&C ELECTRIC COMPANY$200K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
Reports filed in 2025, 2026.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.