STURDY Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act or the STURDY Act
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revise the safety standards for freestanding clothing storage units such as dressers, bureaus, or chests of drawers. Such standards must include specified testing related to tip overs and new warning requirements for all such products entering the U.S. market.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2021 to Apr 13, 2021; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Original | Feb 25, 2021 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 13, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 25, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 25, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3052 | Maria Cantwell D-WA | Jun 22, 2022 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1314 | STURDY Act | Identical bill | Jun 24, 2021 |
| S 3232 | STURDY Act | Related bill | Sep 30, 2022 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety rule for free-standing clothing storage units to protect children from tip-over related death or injury, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STURDY Act
- Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2021Introduced in Senate
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