Assembly Bill A9583

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enacts the "upholstered furniture safety act"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9583 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5585
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37 Title 9 ยงยง37-0901 - 37-0903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4780
2017-2018: S742
2019-2020: S1367
2021-2022: S2718

2015-A9583 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "upholstered furniture safety act".

2015-A9583 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9583

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  upholstered furniture safety act

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Article  37  of  the  environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 9
                    UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE SAFETY ACT
SECTION 37-0901. DEFINITIONS.
        37-0903. SMOLDER RESISTANCE STANDARDS.
S 37-0901. DEFINITIONS.
  AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
  1. "UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE" MEANS ANY FURNITURE,  INCLUDING  CHILDREN'S
FURNITURE, MOVABLE OR STATIONARY, WHICH IS MADE OR SOLD WITH CUSHIONS OR
PILLOWS,  LOOSE  OR ATTACHED, OR IS ITSELF STUFFED OR FILLED IN WHOLE OR
IN PART WITH ANY MATERIAL, IS OR CAN BE STUFFED OR FILLED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART WITH ANY SUBSTANCE OR MATERIAL, HIDDEN OR CONCEALED  BY  FABRIC  OR
ANY  OTHER COVERING, INCLUDING CUSHIONS OR PILLOWS BELONGING TO OR FORM-
ING A PART THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH  THE  STRUCTURAL  UNITS,  THE  FILLING
MATERIAL  AND  ITS  CONTAINER  AND  ITS  COVERING WHICH CAN BE USED AS A
SUPPORT FOR THE BODY OF A HUMAN BEING, OR HIS OR HER LIMBS AND FEET WHEN
SITTING OR RESTING IN AN UPRIGHT OR RECLINING POSITION.  FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS SECTION, UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
  (A) FURNITURE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AND
EXERCISE;
  (B) CUSHIONS AND PADS DESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR USE;
  (C) ANY ARTICLE WHICH IS SMOOTH SURFACED AND  CONTAINS  NO  MORE  THAN
ONE-HALF  INCH  OF FILLING MATERIAL, PROVIDED THAT SUCH ARTICLE DOES NOT
HAVE A HORIZONTAL SURFACE MEETING A VERTICAL SURFACE;
  (D) BASSINETS, BOOSTER SEATS, CAR SEATS,  CHANGING  PADS,  FLOOR  PLAY
MATS,  HIGHCHAIRS,  HIGHCHAIR  PADS,  INFANT  BOUNCERS, INFANT CARRIERS,
INFANT SEATS, INFANT  SWINGS,  INFANT  WALKERS,  NURSING  PADS,  NURSING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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