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The Alex Gate Safety Act of 2025 would direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to develop and enforce consumer product safety standards for certain large gates, including automatic and manual vehicular gates and gates exceeding 48 inches wide or 84 inches tall. These standards would be based on existing industry safety standards from organizations like ASTM and ANSI. The bill would require the CPSC to complete the safety standards within one year of enactment and would allow the agency to modify standards in the future to reduce injury risks.
The bill also mandates that the CPSC launch a national education and awareness campaign within two years to inform manufacturers, installers, contractors, consumers, building officials, and schools about gate safety hazards and best practices. The CPSC would be required to submit a report to Congress within three years detailing the campaign's actions. The bill is named after Alex Quanbeck, a seven-year-old who was killed in 2019 when a gate detached and fell on him during school recess. The legislation is sponsored by Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and currently remains in committee consideration.
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Congress
119th Congress
Introduced
May 8, 2025
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 14, 2026
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 14, 2026
