MN HF3131

Prohibits manufacturers and wholesalers from manufacturing, selling, or distributing children's products, upholstered residential furniture, residential textiles, and mattresses containing 10 flame-retardant chemicals in amounts exceeding 1,000 parts per million, effective July 1, 2018.

Prohibits retailers from selling or offering for sale these same products containing the restricted flame-retardants, effective July 1, 2019.

Restricted chemicals include TDCPP, decabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, TCEP, tetrabromobisphenol A, antimony, TBPH, TBB, chlorinated paraffins, and TCPP.

Exempts previously owned products from the prohibition.

Prohibits manufacturers from replacing banned flame-retardants with substitute chemicals identified by state, federal, or international agencies as known or suspected to cause developmental toxicity, cancer, reproductive harm, endocrine disruption, or systemic toxicity.