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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-16 | President | Became Public Law No: 117-171. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-08-16 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2022-08-15 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2022-08-03 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2022-08-02 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3857) | Senate |
| 2022-07-28 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate, read twice. | Senate |
| 2022-07-27 | Floor | Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1254, and the motion offered by Mr. Kildee, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 623, as amended; H.R. 3952, as amended; H.R. 3962, as amended; H.R. 4551; H.R. 5313, as amended; H.R. 6933; H.R. 7132, as amended; H.R. 7361; H.R. 7569; H.R. 7624, as amended; H.R. 7733, as amended; and H.R. 7981, as amended. (consideration: CR H7197-7211, H7219-7220, H7223-7237; text: 07/26/2022 CR H7112-7113) | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-27 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1254, proceedings on H.R. 5313 are considered vacated. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5313. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7112-7115) | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Floor | Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-26 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-440. | House floor actions |
| 2022-07-20 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 54 - 0. | House committee actions |
| 2022-07-20 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 0 . | House committee actions |
| 2022-06-23 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2021-09-22 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. | House committee actions |
| 2021-09-21 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2021-09-21 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |