Awning Safety Act of 2025 passed the House 112 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedMar 3, 2025
ReportedMar 4, 2025
Passed one chamberJun 23, 2025
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 77 words.
Awning Safety Act of 2025 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue a consumer product safety standard for fixed and freestanding retractable awnings. Specifically, the CPSC must issue a standard to protect against the risk of death or serious injury associated with the awnings, including the risk of death or serious injury related to the awning unexpectedly opening and striking a person while removing the bungee tie-downs for the cover of the awning.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Policy area
- Commerce: 44 of 2,416 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 56 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 216 words
- Subjects
- Building constructionConsumer affairsProduct safety and quality
- Latest action
- Jun 24, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]