Review - HR 7945 Introduced – N2O ban

Last month, Rep Mullin (D,CA) introduced HR 7945, the Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026. The bill would establish that, with certain specified exceptions, a consumer product containing nitrous oxide (NO2) is a banned hazardous product under 15 USC 2057. No new funding is authorized. 

There is an interesting article here about the increasing use of nitrous oxide (N2O) as a recreational drug. 

Moving Forward  

Mullin is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to which the bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there may be sufficient influence to see the bill considered in Committee. There are several Republicans that have a knee-jerk rejection of any of the regulatory efforts of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and I would expect that they would similarly oppose this legislation. Still, were this bill to be considered in Committee, it may receive sufficient support as an anti-drug measure that it could be favorably reported to the full House. It would probably not receive enough support to be considered under the suspension of the rules process. 

For more information on the provisions of this legislation, including a commentary on the product safety standard process being bypassed by this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-7945-introduced-n2o-ban - subscription required.