H.F. 1627 Summary

• Prohibits manufacturers and wholesalers from manufacturing or selling children's products, upholstered residential furniture, residential textiles, and mattresses containing 12 specified flame-retardant chemicals in amounts exceeding 1,000 parts per million, effective July 1, 2018.

• Prohibits retailers from selling or offering for sale the same restricted products containing the banned chemicals, effective July 1, 2020.

• Banned chemicals include TDCPP, decabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromocyclododecane, TCEP, tetrabromobisphenol A (additive TBBPA), TBPH, TBB, chlorinated paraffins, TCPP, TPP, V6, and IPTPP.

• Exempts previously owned products and products specifically excluded from the definition of children's products, including toys meeting American Society for Testing and Materials standards, medical devices, and certain federally regulated products.

• Prohibits manufacturers from replacing banned chemicals with alternatives identified by state, federal, or international agencies as known or suspected carcinogens, reproductive toxins, endocrine disruptors, or systemic toxins.