House Passes Bill Constraining CPSC on Gas Stoves

The House of Representatives passed the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act by a 248-180 vote June 13. The bill forbids the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban gas stoves, or enforce any consumer product safety standard or rule on gas stoves that would result in a prohibition on the sale of gas stoves, "or would otherwise substantially increase the average price of gas stoves in the United States."

A companion bill was introduced in the Senate in February by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and James Lankford, R-Okla.