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HR973Passed House

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-04
Introduced
23
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Ritchie Torres
Ritchie Torres
Democrat · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 96.1% (586 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/T000486

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (23)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

23 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate.

2025-04-29

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2025-04-24

Previously

  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceMarkup By · 2025-04-08
  • House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-04

Plain-English Summary

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety rule for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used in micromobility devices, such as electric bikes and electric scooters. Specifically, the rule must require manufacturers and distributors of such products to comply with the applicable safety standards jointly established by the American National Standards Institute, the Standards Council of Canada, and UL Solutions Inc.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Commerce
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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