Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to set a federal safety standard for vehicular gates and other large gates, covering their construction and any operator systems they use.

Official title: Alex Gate Safety Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 08-MAY-2025

Referred 08-MAY-2025

Approved by committee 14-APR-2026

Key points

Requires the Commission to issue a final safety standard for covered gates within 1 year of enactment, based on specified ASTM and UL safety standards.
Covers automatic and manual vehicular gates, plus any other gate more than 48 inches wide or 84 inches or greater in height.
Requires a national education campaign on gate dangers and prevention within 2 years, with a report to Congress within 3 years.
Automatically adopts revised voluntary gate standards after 180 days unless the Commission finds the revision does not improve safety.

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor John R. Curtis (R-UT) Cosponsors · 1

■ 1 D

1 Democrat

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