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HR973FEDERALSession 119Federal Billpassed chamber

Passed

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Last action · April 29, 2025: Received in the Senate.Sponsors: Ritchie Torres and 23 others

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What This Bill Would Do

This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt specific industry safety standards for lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and other personal electric mobility devices. It also creates a process for updating these federal standards when industry groups revise their voluntary safety guidelines and mandates a five-year report on battery-related fire and explosion hazards.

Why it matters

This bill would make existing voluntary safety standards for e-bike and e-scooter batteries mandatory federal requirements, potentially changing the manufacturing and import standards for these products within 180 days of enactment.

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Micromobility manufacturers

Manufacturers must ensure their products comply with the specified ANSI/CAN/UL safety standards to be sold as consumer products.

Directly affected

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Directly affected

E-bike and e-scooter users

Users will be purchasing products that are required to meet specific federal safety standards for battery systems.

Key Facts

The Consumer Product Safety Commission must adopt ANSI/CAN/UL 2271, 2849, and 2272 as mandatory federal consumer product safety standards within 180 days of enactment.
Organizations that revise these voluntary standards must notify the Commission of changes.
Revised voluntary standards automatically become federal standards 180 days after notification unless the Commission rejects them for failing to improve safety.
The Commission has 90 days after receiving notice of a revised standard to reject it.

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The Commission must submit a report to Congress within 5 years detailing fires, explosions, and hazards related to lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.
The five-year report must include the source of hazard information, make and model of the product, compliance status of the battery, and the manufacturer/country of origin if known.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this bill ban e-bikes or e-scooters?

No, the bill does not ban these products; it requires them to meet specific safety standards for their lithium-ion batteries.

When would these new safety rules take effect?

The Commission is required to adopt the standards within 180 days of the bill becoming law.

What happens if industry safety standards change in the future?

The bill creates a process where updated industry standards can automatically become federal law unless the Commission determines they do not improve safety.

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Where This Stands

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Procedural history

15 actions

Apr 29, 2025Senate
Received in the Senate.
Apr 28, 2025House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 28, 2025HouseFloor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 365 - 42 (Roll no. 103). (text: CR H1637)
Apr 28, 2025HouseFloor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 365 - 42 (Roll no. 103). (text: CR H1637: 1)
Apr 28, 2025House
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1668)
Apr 28, 2025House
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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Apr 28, 2025House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 973.
Apr 28, 2025House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1637-1640)
Apr 28, 2025House
Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Apr 24, 2025House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
Apr 24, 2025HouseCommittee
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-77.
Apr 8, 2025HouseCommittee
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Apr 8, 2025House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Feb 4, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 4, 2025HouseIntroduced
Introduced in House

Version history

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Voting Record

Outcome not reportedHouse4/28/2025Voteview

Total

407

Yes: 365
No: 42
Present: 0
Not voting: 0
Abstain: 0

How they voted (407)

383 more members

Michael BaumgartnerRyes

Pete StauberRyes

Bennie ThompsonDyes

Diana HarshbargerRyes

George WhitesidesDyes

Debbie Wasserman SchultzDyes

Julia LetlowRyes

Teresa Leger FernandezDyes

Bonnie Watson ColemanDyes

Mario Diaz-BalartRyes

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickDyes

Mariannette Miller-MeeksRyes

Jefferson Van DrewRyes

Guy ReschenthalerRyes

Melanie StansburyDyes

Sarah ElfrethDyes

Christopher DeluzioDyes

Suhas SubramanyamDyes

Michael LawlerRyes

Mark AlfordRyes

Jennifer McClellanDyes

Becca BalintDyes

Kweisi MfumeDyes

Marilyn StricklandDyes

Derrick Van OrdenRyes

Christopher SmithRyes

Nicholas BegichRyes

Janice SchakowskyDyes

Gary PalmerRyes

Celeste MaloyRyes

Michelle FischbachRyes

Elijah CraneRno

Pete AguilarDyes

Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDyes

Charles FleischmannRyes

Adriano EspaillatDyes

Brian FitzpatrickRyes

Andrew ClydeRno

Thomas TiffanyRno

Raja KrishnamoorthiDyes

Kristen McDonald RivetDyes

April McClain DelaneyDyes

Sydney Kamlager-DoveDyes

Nicole MalliotakisRyes

Tom BarrettRno

Nicholas LangworthyRyes

Frank MrvanDyes

Al GreenDyes

Bradley SchneiderDyes

Angie CraigDyes

Val HoyleDyes

Brittany PettersenDyes

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Codification of Voluntary Standards

The bill represents a shift from relying on voluntary industry safety standards to making them mandatory federal requirements for lithium-ion batteries in micromobility devices.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Connected Entities

Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Torres, Consumer Product Safety Commission and 4 more

PersonMr. Garbarino“Representative”Map →

PersonMr. Torres“Representative from New York”Map →

OrganizationConsumer Product Safety Commission“Federal agency responsible for adopting and enforcing the new standards”Map →

OrganizationHouse Energy and Commerce Committee“House committee overseeing the bill”Map →

PersonMs. Clarke“Representative from New York”Map →

OrganizationCommittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation“Senate committee to receive the five-year report”Map →

PersonMr. Langworthy“Representative”Map →

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Controversy20
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Entertainment10
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Buzz35
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