Awning Safety Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety standard within 18 months for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings to protect against death or serious injury from awning hazards, including unexpected opening.
Who Benefits and How
Consumers and safety advocates could benefit from a national mandatory standard intended to reduce severe injuries caused by retractable awnings unexpectedly opening or striking people.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Awning manufacturers and related sellers may need to redesign products or change warnings and instructions, and the CPSC must complete rulemaking on a relatively tight timeline.
Key Provisions
- Requires a final safety standard for retractable awnings within 18 months.
- Requires the standard to address risks of death or serious injury, including hazards from unexpected opening while removing tie-downs.
- Allows the CPSC to specify which retractable awning devices fall within the standard's scope.
- Treats the resulting standard as a consumer product safety rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety standard within 18 months for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings to protect against death or serious injury from awning hazards, including unexpected opening.
Key Policy Areas
Consumer Protection, Product Safety
Primary Purpose
Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a final consumer product safety standard within 18 months for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings to protect against death or serious injury from awning hazards, including unexpected opening.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Consumers who use retractable awnings and safety regulators seeking a mandatory national product standard
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Awning manufacturers and the CPSC officials responsible for developing and enforcing the standard
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to …
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules …
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate …
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2854-2855)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without …
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill …
Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the …
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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