IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Introduced by dadudeds (for themself; SirCalebWrightXVI; and coolguyperfect12)
An Act to provide for restitution in civil suits.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Firestone in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
This bill may be known as the “Make it Wright Restitution Act”.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVENESS
This Act shall be effective upon completion of the constitutionally required process.
SEC. 3. SEVERABILITY
Should any part of this Act be struck down or declared unenforceable, then that part of the Act shall be considered severed from this Act, and the rest shall remain in full force.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this act–
(1) “monetary restitution” means money (in the form of FSD) given in order to repair or remedy personal or property damage, loss, or any other tangible or intangible injury.
(2) “litigation costs” means any cost or fee directly associated with the process of litigating any civil matter.
(3) “victim” and “prevailing party” shall not include a government, government entity, or officers of the government sued in their official capacity, but does include individual public service employees, including, but not limited to, law enforcement officers, fire and medical personnel, public works employees, and transportation employees).
SEC. 5. MONETARY RESTITUTION
(a) ISSUANCE OF RESTITUTION.
(1) Where authorized by Act of Congress, with respect to a particular cause of action, a Court may, upon a finding of liability in any civil matter, order that the defendant or defendants provide monetary restitution to a victim.
(2)
(A) Such an order must be delivered to the defendant personally in as direct a manner as possible.
(B) Public notice shall suffice when no other means of contacting the defendant is feasible.
(b) Orders for monetary restitution shall abide by the provisions governing compensatory and punitive damages under this Act and under the Judicial Rules of Procedure, and shall, in general, be just and reasonable.
(c) DELIVERY OF RESTITUTION.
(1) Within 14 days of an order under subsection (a) being issued to the defendant, they shall deliver the ordered amount via some reasonable means.
(2) The Court may, for good cause, extend the period to deliver the restitution by no more than 31 days.
(3) Notwithstanding the prior paragraph, the Court may indefinitely suspend the period to deliver the restitution when extraordinary circumstances prevent any feasible means from being used to deliver the restitution.
(d) No person or entity excluded from the definition of “prevailing party” under section 4(3) shall be ordered to pay compensatory damages or litigation costs.
(e) A court order that compels a party to obey a contractual obligation to pay another party shall not be considered an order of monetary restitution under this Act.
(f) When there are multiple defendants in a civil matter where restitution may be issued, the limit on restitution shall apply to the cumulative amounts of restitution ordered against all defendants, and the court shall apply restitution proportionally to each defendant based on their responsibility for harm to a victim or victims.
SEC. 6. COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
Compensatory damages may be awarded by a Court to a victim to compensate for losses that a victim suffers. Compensatory damages shall be calculated based on proven harm, loss, or injury suffered by the victim. Compensatory damages shall exist in two categories:
(1) General damages shall cover direct and tangible economic harm from the wrong.
(2) Special damages shall cover losses consqeuential to the wrong, including, but not limited to—
(A) lost wages, which shall be calculated using their actual routine or schedule for earning wages, such as a typical rate of the victim’s active labor time over a recent month’s period; or
(B) property damage, which shall be calculated using the actual amount required to repair the property to its original state.
SEC. 7. PUNITIVE DAMAGES
(a) Punitive damages may be awarded by a Court to a victim to serve as punishment for the offender and to discourage civil offenses.
(b) Punitive damages shall be proportional to—
(1) the harm caused by the defendant; and
(2) the malice, recklessness, or negligence present in the defendant’s acts.
(c) Punitive damages shall also consider the harm to the public order suffered by the defendant’s actions.
SEC. 8. LITIGATION COSTS
(a) At the conclusion of a civil trial, the prevailing party may, at the Court’s discretion, be awarded an order for the opposing party to pay for their litigation costs, either partially or in full.
(b) Such an order shall be carried out in a similar manner as an order for restitution under section 3(c).
(c) The Court shall assess litigation costs to ensure that they are reasonable.
(d) In the case that the defendant is the prevailing party, an order under subsection (a) may also cover direct economic harm they suffered as a result of the civil matter.
(e) Notwithstanding the prior subsection, the Board of Legal Ethics and Examiners may fix and alter a limit on the payment of attorneys in each case, and a Court shall abide by that limit in calculating litigation costs.
SEC. 9. LIMITS
(a) Each cause of action that specifies the availability of monetary restitution shall also provide for the maximum amount that may be ordered in restitution.
(b) In the event that any cause of action specifying the availability of monetary restitution does not provide for a maximum amount under subsection (a), the maximum amount shall be 10,800 FSD.
(c) The amount awarded for punitive damages shall never exceed the greater of (1) two times the amount awarded for compensatory damages, or (2) 10,800 FSD.
(d) Any provisions providing for monetary restitution as a remedy for any cause of action having been enacted prior to this Act taking effect are repealed.
(e) Notwithstanding the prior subsection, the cause of action providing for the reimbursement of towing fees under the Firestone Traffic Revision Act is not repealed.
(f) A superior court may, on appeal, alter the amount of restitution ordered at trial, but when the restitution has already been paid—
(1) if the amount ordered on appeal greater than the amount paid, then the superior court shall enter an order directing payment of the difference in a manner like regular restitution; and
(2) if the amount ordered on appeal is less than the amount paid, then the superior court shall enter an order directing repayment of the difference in a manner like regular restitution.
(g) For the purposes of this section, “restitution” includes compensatory and punitive damages and litigation costs.
SEC. 10. PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT
A person having failed to deliver monetary restitution as provided for in Section 5 or litigation costs under Section 8 may be ordered to comply (and charged with contempt for non-compliance therewith) for every day of non-compliance.