Bills · 119th Congress · Commerce

Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced2/4/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 4/28/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 365–42 on April 28, 2025 (Roll Call 103 →). Received in the Senate on April 29, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 4/28/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic202 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Not voting
  • Republican163 Yea · 42 Nay · 14 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

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.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Rep. Ritchie Torres ( Democrat · NY-15)
Cosponsors
23
Introduced
2/4/25
Policy area
Commerce

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (15)
  1. 2/4/25Introduced in House
  2. 2/4/25Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  3. 4/8/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  4. 4/8/25Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  5. 4/24/25Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-77.
  6. 4/24/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
  7. 4/28/25Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  8. 4/28/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1637-1640)
  9. 4/28/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 973.
  10. 4/28/25At 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.
  11. 4/28/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1668)
  12. 4/28/25Passed/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)
  13. 4/28/25On 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)
  14. 4/28/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. 4/29/25Received in the Senate.