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The bill increases safety and awareness by requiring CO alarms in sleeping units and stronger federal oversight, at the cost of installation, compliance, administrative burdens for businesses and governments, and potential enforcement penalties, with a one-year delay before full effect.
Guests and residents of lodging and other public accommodations (renters, travelers, students, parents, hospital patients) will have carbon-monoxide alarms installed in each sleeping/dwelling unit and will receive written confirmation at check-in, increasing immediate detection and occupant awareness and reducing CO poisoning risk.
Federal enforcement and administrative clarity will improve: the FTC is given authority to issue implementing rules and enforce compliance, and the bill updates federal/state master lists and guidance to better coordinate standards and inspections, which should raise compliance rates and streamline oversight.
Requiring alignment with NFPA 72 and the International Fire Code encourages use of consensus safety standards and up-to-date alarm technology, improving overall reliability of CO detection in public accommodations.
Owners and operators of public accommodations (especially small businesses and lodging providers) will face direct costs to install or upgrade CO alarms, adopt referenced UL/code-compliant devices, and incur ongoing costs for periodic code updates and recordkeeping/notice distribution.
Noncompliance exposes businesses to FTC enforcement actions, civil penalties, and potential litigation, creating legal and financial risk beyond simple compliance costs.
States and FEMA (and ultimately taxpayers) will incur administrative burdens and costs to update submitted state lists and the national master list and to implement the new guidance and reporting requirements.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires compliant carbon monoxide alarms in sleeping/dwelling units of public accommodations, mandates written guest attestation at check-in, updates FEMA lists, and gives the FTC enforcement authority.
Introduced June 5, 2025 by Angela Craig · Last progress June 5, 2025
Requires places of public accommodation (for example, hotels, motels, inns and similar lodging) to install carbon monoxide alarms that meet recognized safety standards in all sleeping or dwelling units, and to give each guest a written notice at check-in attesting the facility meets the alarm requirement. FEMA must update its state and master compliance lists to reflect the new alarm requirement, and the Federal Trade Commission may enforce the check-in notice rule as an unfair or deceptive act and issue implementing rules. The notice requirement becomes effective one year after enactment; the bill also updates statutory references to current alarm standards, adds definitions for compliant alarms and key fire-safety codes, and allows owners to adopt standards that exceed the minimum required levels.