BILL NUMBER: SB 1291INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Leno FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act relating to home furnishings. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1291, as introduced, Leno. Home furnishings: bedding products. Existing law, the Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation Act, administered by the Bureau of Electronic and Applicance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation, requires all bedding products, other than mattresses and mattress sets, that the bureau determines to contribute to mattress bedding fires to comply with specified regulations adopted by the bureau. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would suspend the bureau's preparation of specified flammability regulations contained in Technical Bulletin 604 and establish a multiagency task force to evaluate fire safety standards in light of reported health and environmental hazards posed by toxic flame retardant chemicals and materials. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) Existing law requires bedding products, other than mattresses and mattress sets, that the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation determines to contribute to mattress bedding fires to comply with regulations adopted by the bureau. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would do both of the following: (1) Suspend the bureau's preparation of regulations contained in Technical Bulletin 604. (2) Establish a multiagency task force to evaluate current fire safety standards in light of reported health and environmental hazards posed by toxic flame retardant chemicals and materials.