Safety Standard for Gates and Enclosures

What it does

In November 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published an update to the consumer product safety standard for gates and enclosures under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The standard incorporated by reference ASTM F1004-22, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures, the voluntary standard for gates and enclosures that was in effect at the time. ASTM has now issued a revised standard, ASTM F1004-25. Consistent with the CPSIA, this direct final rule updates the mandatory standard to incorporate by reference ASTM's 2025 version of the voluntary standard.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

16 CFR 1239

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published 10 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 8 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

The rule is effective on July 19, 2026, unless CPSC receives a significant adverse comment by May 1, 2026. If CPSC receives such a comment, it will publish a document in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 19, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket CPSC-2019-0014 on Regulations.gov
• Title 16 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register