GA HB1072

Prohibits manufacturers and retailers from selling, distributing, or importing into Georgia covered products—including bedding, carpeting, children's products, residential upholstered furniture, and window treatments—containing any of 11 specified chemical flame retardants (such as TDCPP, TCEP, antimony trioxide, and HBCD) or their chemical analogues exceeding 1,000 parts per million by weight in any component part.

Requires the Office of Safety Fire Commissioner to review and identify additional chemical flame retardants for prohibition every three years, provided the chemicals are demonstrated to cause cancer, developmental toxicity, endocrine disruption, organ damage, or are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic.

Exempts motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, previously owned products, products manufactured before January 1, 2020, and products containing prohibited chemicals solely due to the use of recycled materials.

Establishes escalating civil penalties for violations: up to $100 per product (maximum $5,000) for a first offense, up to $250 per product (maximum $25,000) for a second offense, and up to $1,000 per product (maximum $50,000) for third or subsequent offenses, with penalties tripled for knowing violations.

Allows the Office of Safety Fire Commissioner to waive penalties if a manufacturer or retailer demonstrates good faith compliance efforts and promptly corrects any noncompliance upon discovery.