S. 3278 · 117th Congress · Senate

Reese’s Law

Active· Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
Introduced
Nov 30, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

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).

Previous Versions

00Nov 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.

Action Timeline

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. DEC 14, 2022Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.

  4. MAY 11, 2022Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  5. NOV 30, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  6. NOV 30, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Dec 14, 2022

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: May 11, 2022

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Nov 30, 2021

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