Reported to SenateDec 14, 202225
Reese's Law
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish product safety standards with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (e.g., button cell or coin batteries).
Bill117th CongressFiled Nov 30, 2021Commerce
S. 3278
Reese’s Law
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What it doesSummary reported to senate (Dec 14, 2022)
Reese's Law
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish product safety standards with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (e.g., button cell or coin batteries).
What just happenedDec 14, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT](D-CT)Sponsor
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- Reported to SenateDec 14, 2022
- Introduced in SenateNov 30, 2021
- Dec 14, 2022Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
- Dec 14, 2022Committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Dec 14, 2022Committee14000
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - May 11, 2022Committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Nov 30, 2021IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Introduced in Senate
Introduced in SenateNov 30, 2021
Reese's Law
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish product safety standards with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (e.g., button cell or coin batteries).
Specifically, consumer products with these batteries must include (1) a warning label instructing consumers to keep the batteries out of the reach of children, and (2) a battery compartment that prevents access to the batteries by children who are six years of age or younger.
Additionally, such batteries, if sold separately or included separately with a product, must comply with federal child-resistant packaging regulations.