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DE HB117
Bill
Status
6/14/2019
Primary Sponsor
John Kowalko
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AI Summary
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Prohibits manufacture, sale, offer for sale, or distribution of children's products and upholstered residential furniture containing more than 0.1% of specified flame-retardant chemicals including TBB, TBPH, chlorinated paraffins, decabromodiphenyl ether, HBCD, TBBPA, TDCPP, TCEP, and TCPP.
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Prohibits manufacture, sale, offer for sale, or distribution of mattresses and electronic enclosures containing more than 0.1% of organohalogen chemicals (chemicals with halogen elements bonded to carbon).
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Exempts used upholstered furniture, used mattresses, used children's products, furniture purchased for public facilities, thread used for stitching mattress components, and children's products not primarily intended for home use.
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Allows electronic components within children's products and upholstered furniture to contain the prohibited chemicals.
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Classifies violations as unlawful practices under Delaware Code § 2513 and Subchapter II of Chapter 25; takes effect July 1, 2020.
Legislative Description
An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Prohibition Of Harmful Flame Retardants.
Last Action
Adopted in lieu of the original bill HB 117, and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
6/14/2019