BILL NUMBER: SB 772	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 19161.4 to the Business and Professions
Code, relating to home furnishings.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 772, as amended, Leno. Home furnishings: juvenile products.
   Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act,
which establishes the Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal
Insulation, requires that  all mattresses manufactured for
sale in this state and  all seating furniture sold or
offered for sale for use in this state be fire retardant, as defined
 . Existing law   , and  requires that all
 other  bedding products  , other than
mattresses and mattress sets,  that the bureau determines to
contribute to mattress bedding fires  to  comply
with specified regulations adopted by the bureau.
   This bill would exempt juvenile  furniture  
products  , as defined, from those requirements, and would
authorize the bureau to modify that exemption if it determines that
any juvenile products pose a serious fire hazard.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 19161.4 is added to the Business and
Professions Code, to read:
   19161.4.  (a) The requirements of  subdivisions (b) and (c) of
 Section 19161 and the regulations adopted thereunder shall not
apply to juvenile products. For purposes of this section, "juvenile
products" means any item of bedding or seating furniture with a
primary intended use for children six years of age or younger. The
term includes, but is not limited to, portable cribs, car seats,
strollers, bassinets, infant carriers, walkers, backpack child
carriers, infant and toddler pillows, and toddler chairs.
   (b) The bureau may, by regulation, modify the exemption provided
under this section if the bureau determines that any juvenile
products pose a serious fire hazard. 
   (c) The exemption provided under this section shall not apply to
products subject to Part 1633 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.