US Congress Senate Bill 142 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-3)
Status: Passed on January 28 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-01-28 - Became Public Law No: 114-116. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires any nicotine provided in a liquid nicotine container sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported into the United States to be packaged in accordance with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC's) standards and testing procedures for special packaging that is difficult for children under five years of age to open or to obtain harmful contents from. The requirement must be treated as a standard for the special packaging of a household substance under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970. "Liquid nicotine container" is defined to: (1) include a package from which nicotine in a solution or other form is accessible through normal and foreseeable use by a consumer and that is used to hold soluble nicotine in any concentration; and (2) exclude a sealed, pre-filled, and disposable container of nicotine in a solution or other form in which such container is inserted directly into an electronic cigarette, electronic nicotine delivery system, or other similar product, if the nicotine in the container is inaccessible through customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably foreseeable ingestion or other contact by children. The bill applies to any form of chemical nicotine, including any salt or complex, regardless of whether the chemical is naturally or synthetically derived. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must consult with the CPSC if HHS maintains, enforces, imposes, or continues in effect any packaging requirement for liquid nicotine containers, including a child-resistant packaging requirement.

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-28	House	Became Public Law No: 114-116. (TXT | PDF)
2016-01-28	House	Signed by President.
2016-01-19	House	Presented to President.
2016-01-11	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-01-11	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H227)
2016-01-11	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 142.
2016-01-11	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H227-229)
2016-01-11	House	Mrs. Brooks (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2015-12-11	House	Held at the desk.
2015-12-11	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2015-12-11	House	Received in the House.
2015-12-10	Senate	S.Amdt.2925 Amendment SA 2925 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-10	Senate	S.Amdt.2925 Amendment SA 2925 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Nelson. (consideration: CR S8614; text: CR S8614)
2015-12-10	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-10	Senate	S.Amdt.2924 Amendment SA 2924 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2015-12-10	Senate	S.Amdt.2924 Amendment SA 2924 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Nelson. (consideration: CR S8614; text: CR S8614)
2015-12-10	Senate	The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8614)
2015-12-10	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8613-8614; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S8613)
2015-04-13	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
2015-04-13	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-12.
2015-04-13	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
2015-02-26	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2015-01-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S107-108; text of measure as introduced: CR S108)

HB1375 (Same As) 2015-03-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
HB3242 (Related) 2016-01-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/142/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s142/BILLS-114s142is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s142/BILLS-114s142rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s142/BILLS-114s142es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s142/BILLS-114s142enr.pdf