Michigan legislation · 103rd Legislature
Michigan HR342: A resolution urging the United States House of Representatives to reject Amendment 041 to House Bill 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, or any amendment to any other bill or legislative measure that would exempt rideshare and delivery companies from vicarious liability for injuries or damages caused by their drivers.
Status: In committee, August 25, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution urging the United States House of Representatives to reject Amendment 041 to House Bill 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, or any amendment to any other bill or legislative measure that would exempt rideshare and delivery companies from vicarious liability for injuries or damages caused by their drivers.
From the introduced text, August 25, 2026:
A resolution urging the United States House of Representatives to reject Amendment 041 to House Bill 8870, the BUILD America 250 Act, or any amendment to any other bill or legislative measure that would exempt rideshare and delivery companies from vicarious liability for injuries or damages caused by their drivers. Whereas, House Bill 8870, named the BUILD America 250 Act, authorizes funding for, among other things, Federal-aid highways, bridge construction and rehabilitation, highway safety programs, transit programs, and rail programs; and Whereas, Amendment 041 to the BUILD America 250 Act, which was offered by Representative Vince Fong of California, would shield rideshare and delivery companies from vicarious liability. Specifically, under Amendment 041, rideshare and delivery companies could not be held liable under state or local law for any harm to a person or property that occurs as a result of, or that arises out of, the use, operation, or possession of a motor vehicle by an app-based driver, so long as the company is not grossly negligent and did not commit any criminal wrongdoing; and Whereas, The passage of such an amendment would make it harder, and in some cases impossible, to hold rideshare companies liable for harm caused by drivers using their platforms, including for sexual assault. This is of particular concern to users of rideshare platforms, as data …