Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026
Nitrous Oxide: Ban on Consumer Sales
To ban the sale of nitrous oxide consumer products, and for other purposes.
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for review. It is considered active, but no further meetings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill currently linked to this proposal.
Legislative Progress
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Key Points
- This bill would stop the sale of nitrous oxide products to regular consumers. Nitrous oxide is often called laughing gas or whippits. It is sometimes used as a drug, which can be dangerous to a person's health.
- The ban would not apply to everyone. Doctors and dentists could still use it for patients. Commercial kitchens and food factories could also keep using it to make food or for research.
- You would still be able to buy products like canned whipped cream. The bill specifically says it does not ban food items where the gas is just used to push the food out of the container.
- If this bill becomes law, the ban would start 180 days after it is signed. This gives stores and companies about six months to stop selling these items to the public.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
To ban the sale of nitrous oxide consumer products, and for other purposes.
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