Congress tells CPSC to watch toys for lead and phthalates more closely.
S. 4932 — No Lead in Toys Act · Filed by Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill tells the Consumer Product Safety Commission to follow four safety ideas. A January 2026 report gave these ideas. The CPSC must watch if companies file safety papers correctly. It must use data about rule breaks to check testing labs. It must look at lead rules every five years. It must track changes in phthalate and toxic substance rules. The CPSC must finish this work in 180 days. It must tell Congress how it went 60 days after that.
Who it affects
Children and families benefit from stronger checks on lead and phthalates in toys. The CPSC must do more work to track company compliance. The CPSC must also check if testing labs do good work.
One thing to notice
The bill does not give the CPSC extra money to do this work. The bill does not say what the CPSC should do if lead rules need to change.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Consumer Product Safety Commission — The government agency that makes sure toys and children's products are safe.
- phthalates — Chemicals added to plastic to make it soft and flexible.
- lead — A toxic metal that can harm children's brains and bodies.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,555 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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