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MN SF2330

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/9/2016

Primary Sponsor

John Marty

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature 2015-2016

AI Summary

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

  • Requires retailers to comply with the same prohibition by July 1, 2019.

  • Adds six additional banned flame-retardants to the existing prohibition: tetrabromobisphenol A, antimony trioxide, tetrabromo phthalate (TBPH), tetrabromo benzoate (TBB), chlorinated paraffins, and tris(1-chloro-2-propyl)phosphate (TCPP).

  • Prohibits manufacturers from replacing banned chemicals with alternative chemicals identified by state, federal, or international agencies as harmful to fetal or child development, cancer-causing, endocrine-disrupting, or toxic to the nervous, immune, or organ systems.

  • Exempts previously owned products from the prohibition.

Legislative Description

Flame retardant chemical prohibitions expansion

Last Action

Senate file first reading, referred to Health and Human Services Reform

5/9/2016

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services Reform5/9/2016
Commerce3/21/2016
Environment and Energy3/14/2016
Health, Human Services and Housing3/8/2016

Full Bill Text

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