Youth Poisoning Protection Act

Official title: To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes.

What this does

This bill bans the consumer sale of high-concentration sodium nitrite. Any consumer product containing 10 percent or more sodium nitrite by weight is treated as a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act. The ban does not reach commercial or industrial uses where the chemical is not customarily produced or distributed for consumer use, and it does not apply to drugs, devices, cosmetics, or food, including regulated meat, poultry, and egg products. The ban takes effect 90 days after enactment.

House vote · 378-42

Democrats206–0

Republicans172–42

Independents0–0

How we know · 4 sourced claims

Any consumer product containing 10 percent or more sodium nitrite by weight is treated as a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act.Source: Section 2(a) In general, with Section 2(c)(2) definition of high concentration
The ban does not reach commercial or industrial uses where the chemical is not customarily produced or distributed for consumer use.Source: Section 2(b)(1) Rule of construction
The ban does not apply to drugs, devices, cosmetics, or food, including regulated meat, poultry, and egg products.Source: Section 2(b)(2) Rule of construction
The ban takes effect 90 days after enactment.Source: Section 2(d) Effective date

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R168–41D202–0I1–0

Position

Party

State

Republicans

214

Democrats

208

Independents

YeaKevin KileyCA · District 3