# H.R. 1442 (119th): Youth Poisoning Protection Act

Youth Poisoning Protection Act This bill makes a consumer product with a concentration of sodium nitrite of 10% or greater a banned hazardous product. The restriction does not apply to specified drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, or food products.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: child_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: hazardous_substance. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: product_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: good. A yea supports the bill. A nay is the penalized direction when the tag is scored as a protection. A yea on a credit tag is a credit.
Roll 108: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The summary describes a direct restraint on a named harm to children, namely poisoning from a concentrated chemical in consumer products. Under the framework this points toward good, since the measure restrains a concrete danger to minors. Confidence is moderated because it is a product-safety regulation, and the exemptions and method involve ordinary prudential judgment.
Theological note: The measure bears on protecting children from poisoning and bodily harm, which relates to the duty to care for the vulnerable and to avoid endangering neighbors. The relevance concerns physical safety and the prudent restraint of a dangerous substance, not sexual or moral corruption, and it does not by itself settle questions of commerce or regulatory method.

## Recorded votes

Roll 108: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 378 · Nay 42 · Other 12.

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