Youth Poisoning Protection Act
Latest action · Aug 10, 2026 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJan 29, 2025
- Passed SenateAug 3, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Youth Poisoning Protection Act
This bill makes a consumer product with a concentration of sodium nitrite of 10% or greater a banned hazardous product.
The restriction does not apply to specified drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, or food products.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 29, 2025 to Mar 6, 2025; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bernie Moreno | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | Jan 29, 2025 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Mar 6, 2025 |
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 Jan 29, 2025Markup Mar 12, 2025Reported Jul 29, 2025 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 10, 2026Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Aug 10, 2026Received in the House.
- Aug 10, 2026Held at the desk.
- Aug 3, 2026Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4411-4412; text: CR S4411-4412)
- Jul 29, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-49.
- Jul 29, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132.
- Mar 12, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 29, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 29, 2025S. 289, Youth Poisoning Protection ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1442 | To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 16, 2025 |
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Youth Poisoning Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Youth Poisoning Protection Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Youth Poisoning Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2026Engrossed in Senate
- Jul 29, 2025Reported to Senate
- Jan 29, 2025Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
