Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
Public Law 114-116 · S. 142 · 114th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Jan 28, 2016 · Commerce
Sponsor: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Cosponsors (21): Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Sen. Michael Bennet,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.R. 1375Identical bill
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
H.R. 3242Related bill
Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 19 actions.
- Jan 28, 2016Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 114-116.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jan 19, 2016FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Jan 11, 2016FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 142.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mrs. Brooks (IN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 11, 2015FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
- FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- Dec 10, 2015FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Apr 13, 2015CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.
- CommitteeCommittee · 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.
- Feb 26, 2015CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 8, 2015CommitteeCommittee · 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)
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Amendments
2 amendments offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 2925SenateSen. Bill NelsonD-FL· offered Dec 10, 2015Agreed to
To amend the title.
Dec 10, 2015: Amendment SA 2925 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 2924SenateSen. Bill NelsonD-FL· offered Dec 10, 2015Agreed to
In the nature of a substitute.
Dec 10, 2015: Amendment SA 2924 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Data notes
Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.
Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.