BILL NUMBER: SB 1291	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to home furnishings.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1291, as introduced, Leno. Home furnishings: bedding products.
   Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act,
administered by the Bureau of Electronic and Applicance Repair, Home
Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation, requires all 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 state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would suspend the bureau's preparation of specified
flammability regulations contained in Technical Bulletin 604 and
establish a multiagency task force to evaluate fire safety standards
in light of reported health and environmental hazards posed by toxic
flame retardant chemicals and materials.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares the
following:
   (a) Existing law requires bedding products, other than mattresses
and mattress sets, that the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance
Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation determines to
contribute to mattress bedding fires to comply with regulations
adopted by the bureau.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
would do both of the following:
   (1) Suspend the bureau's preparation of regulations contained in
Technical Bulletin 604.
   (2) Establish a multiagency task force to evaluate current fire
safety standards in light of reported health and environmental
hazards posed by toxic flame retardant chemicals and materials.