YourVoice.Now Summary
Corporate BenefitsWorkers & JobsWorkers sick from stone dust could not sue the slab maker — even cases already in court would be thrown out.
Corporate Benefits
No one could sue a stone slab maker, importer, distributor, or store over silicosis caused by cutting work done somewhere else. The shield would start the day the bill became law, and the bill sets no end date for it.
Workers & Jobs
Cutting, grinding, and polishing stone slabs releases silica dust, which can scar the lungs. A worker could still sue if the maker or seller was their own employer, but that is the only exception the bill lists.
Suits filed before the bill became law would not go forward. The court would have to dismiss them as soon as it could after the bill took effect.
The ban is written around the illness and how it was caused, not the reason for suing. Claims that a maker hid the risk, gave no warning, or sold a faulty slab would be blocked along with the rest.
More about this bill
Workers who cut and polish stone countertops could no longer sue the company that made or sold the slab. Their claims would be blocked in every federal and state court. The ban covers silicosis and related illness from silica dust breathed in at work. Cases already filed would be thrown out soon after the bill became law. The bill names one exception: a worker could still sue a maker or seller that was their own employer. It lists no exception for hiding the danger, failing to warn, or a faulty slab. The shield would reach makers, importers, distributors, and stores. It covers slabs made with quartz, glass, porcelain, ceramic, or similar material. The bill's findings say these products carry no built-in risk of injury. They also say federal and state safety rules already cover the cutting work.
Congressional Summary
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products Act of 2026 This bill prohibits civil actions in federal or state court against manufacturers or sellers of certain stone slab products. The term stone slab product includes a product made with quartz, mineral, crystal, glass, porcelain, or other stone, ceramic or similar material, that has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Specifically, the bill prohibits a civil action against a manufacturer or seller of a stone slab product for injuries arising from or related to the fabrication of the stone slab product by another party, including injuries caused by exposure to respirable silica or other substances. The bill requires any such civil action that is pending on the date of enactment to be dismissed.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2026-06-16
- Date Added
- 2026-09-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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