HF 3989 Summary

• Increases the occupancy threshold for public assembly tents from 10 to 15 or more persons, requiring flame resistant materials for circuses, carnivals, theaters, dance halls, and similar venues.

• Adds exemption for tents used to conduct committal services on cemetery grounds.

• Removes the January 1, 1976 deadline for the commissioner of public safety to establish rules on flame resistant materials and labeling standards, making the requirement ongoing.

• Clarifies that sleeping bags sold in Minnesota must meet the commissioner of public safety's flame resistancy standards and be conspicuously labeled as durably flame resistant.