Congress designates November for carbon monoxide safety awareness
H.Res. 934 — Supporting the recognition of November 2025 as "Carbon Monoxide Action and Awareness Month" and promoting nationwide education, prevention, and detection efforts to protect United States families from carbon monoxide poisoning. · Filed by Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 5, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution designates November 2025 as 'Carbon Monoxide Action and Awareness Month' and calls on federal, state, and local agencies to collaborate on public education and prevention efforts. It urges citizens to install certified carbon monoxide detectors, encourages partnerships between government and safety organizations, and commends first responders and medical professionals for their work on prevention.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward commemorative resolution designating a month for public awareness and prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning. It contains no legislative mandates, appropriations, or regulatory changes—only calls for coordination and education.
What the text implies
- The emphasis on 'certified' detectors (UL-tested) may indirectly benefit detector manufacturers who meet those standards, though no specific companies are named and the standard is legitimate safety practice.
- The resolution's focus on 'healthy homes' and coordination between public and private partners could lay rhetorical groundwork for future legislation involving housing standards or public-private partnerships, though this resolution itself contains no binding mechanism.
Who it affects
The resolution promotes public health awareness and prevention of a serious, preventable hazard that kills over 400 Americans annually and hospitalizes thousands more. It encourages installation of certified safety devices and coordination between agencies and public health organizations, with no apparent costs to ordinary citizens.
Who stands to gain
- carbon monoxide detector manufacturers (general category)
- safety certification bodies
Named in the bill
House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Gottheimer, Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, UL standards, Federal agencies, State and local agencies, public health organizations, first responders
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
- Dec 5, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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