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Youth Poisoning Protection Act

Introduced Jan 29, 2025

Latest action (Aug 10, 2026) Held at the desk.

Referred to
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Issues
Healthcare
Legislative subjects (5)
Child safety and welfareConsumer affairsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesProduct safety and qualityRetail and wholesale trades

Summary
  • Bans the sale of consumer products containing 10 percent or more sodium nitrite by weight as a hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
  • Exempts commercial or industrial products and uses where high concentration sodium nitrite is not customarily sold to consumers.
  • Exempts products that meet the definition of drugs, devices, cosmetics, or foods under federal law, including meat, poultry, and egg products.
  • Takes effect 90 days after the bill is enacted.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (10)
  1. Aug 10, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
  2. Aug 10, 2026 Received in the House. · house
  3. Aug 10, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
  4. Aug 3, 2026 Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4411-4412; text: CR S4411-4412) · senate
  5. Aug 3, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
  6. Jul 29, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132. · senate
  7. Jul 29, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-49. · senate
  8. Mar 12, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
  9. Jan 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
  10. Jan 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 1442 — To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitrite to individuals, and for other purposes. (shares 5 subjects)
  • HR 7757 — KIDS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 1092 — WIPPES Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6265 — Safer GAMING Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 2657 — Sammy’s Law (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3149 — App Store Accountability Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 6333 — Parents Over Platforms Act (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 1322 — SALTS Act · Introduced May 14, 2014 · Cong. 113 64%
  • S 1323 — Protecting Our Youth from Dangerous Synthetic Drugs Act of 2013 · Introduced May 14, 2014 · Cong. 113 62%
  • S 3087 — Stop Pills That Kill Act · Introduced Oct 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • S 165 — Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act · Introduced Jan 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • S 2154 — Protecting Kids from Gun Marketing Act · Introduced Jun 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 2274 — Dextromethorphan Abuse Reduction Act of 2007 · Introduced Mar 12, 2008 · Cong. 110 59%

Text versions (3)
  • Engrossed in Senate · Aug 3, 2026
  • Reported to Senate · Jul 29, 2025
  • Introduced in Senate · Jan 29, 2025

Full text

AN ACT

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Youth Poisoning Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. BANNING OF PRODUCTS CONTAINING A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM NITRITE.

(a) In General.—Any consumer product containing a high concentration of sodium nitrite shall be considered to be a banned hazardous product under section 8 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2057).

(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to—

(1) prohibit any commercial or industrial purpose in which high concentration sodium nitrite is not customarily produced or distributed for sale to, or use or consumption by, or enjoyment of, a consumer; and

(2) apply to high concentration sodium nitrite that meets the definition of a “drug”, “device”, or “cosmetic” (as such terms are defined in sections 201(g), (h), and (i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g), (h), and (i))), or “food” (as defined in section 201(f) of such Act (21 U.S.C. 321(f))), including poultry and poultry products (as such terms are defined in sections 4(e) and (f) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 453(e)and (f))), meat and meat food products (as such terms are defined in section 1(j) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601(j))), and eggs and egg products (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1033)).

(c) Definitions.—For purposes of this section:

(1) Consumer product.—The term “consumer product” has the meaning given that term under section 3(a)(5) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(5)).

(2) High concentration of sodium nitrite.—The term “high concentration of sodium nitrite” means a concentration of 10 or more percent by weight of sodium nitrite.

(d) Effective Date.—This section shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate August 3, 2026.

Attest:

Secretary. 119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 289

AN ACT

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

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