California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 3 - Bureau of Household Goods and Services › Article 13 - Flammability Regulations › Section 1374 - Flammability; Upholstered and Reupholstered Furniture

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) On and
				after January 1, 2015, all filling materials and cover fabrics contained in any
				article of upholstered furniture and added to reupholstered furniture shall
				meet the fire retardant requirements as set forth in the State of California,
				Bureau of Household Goods and Services Technical Bulletin Number 117-2013,
				entitled "Requirements, Test Procedure and Apparatus for Testing the Smolder
				Resistance of Materials Used in Upholstered Furniture," dated January 2019 and
				be labeled in accordance with Section
				1374.3. This section incorporates
				by reference Technical Bulletin 117-2013 and shall not apply to filling
				materials and cover fabric manufactured prior to January 1, 2015.
(b) In addition to the requirements of
				subsection (a) above, finished articles of upholstered furniture may also be
				tested in accordance with the State of California, Bureau of Household Goods
				and Services Technical Bulletin Number 116 entitled "Test Procedures and
				Apparatus for Testing the Flame Retardance of Upholstered Furniture," dated
				January 2019.
(c) The flammability
				requirements contained in this section are considered to be flammability
				performance standards. Testing under these standards shall be at the discretion
				of the licensee; however, products and materials offered for sale in this state
				shall meet all applicable flammability requirements established in these
				regulations.
1. New section
				  filed 5-9-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
				  19).
2. Repealer and new section filed 6-13-75; effective thirtieth
				  day thereafter (Register 75, No. 24).
3. Repealer and new section
				  filed 6-17-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No.
				  25).
4. Amendment filed 10-4-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
				  (Register 77, No. 41).
5. Amendment filed 10-15-82; effective
				  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 42).
6. Amendment filed
				  3-20-85; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 85, No. 12).
7. New subsections (c)-(f) and amendment of
				  NOTE filed 11-26-91; operative 3-1-92 (Register 92, No. 9).
8.
				  Amendment of subsection (b) filed 7-24-96; operative 8-23-96 (Register 96, No.
				  30).
9. Amendment of subsections (d)(1)-(6) and (e) filed 8-19-98;
				  operative 8-19-98 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 98, No. 34).
10. Amendment of subsection (a) filed
				  8-16-2000; operative 8-16-2000 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(d)
				  (Register 2000, No. 33).
11. Amendment of section heading, new first
				  paragraph and amendment of subsections (a)-(c) and (e) filed 11-21-2013;
				  operative 1-1-2014 (Register 2013, No. 47).
12. Repealer of
				  subsections (c)-(e) and subsection relettering filed 1-22-2019; operative
				  1-22-2019 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11343.4(b)(3)
				  (Register 2019, No. 4).
13. Change without regulatory effect
				  amending subsections (a) and (b) and amending NOTE filed 3-19-2019 pursuant to
				  section 100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 12).
14. Change without regulatory
				  effect repealing and removing version of section effective through 12-31-2014
				  and amending section heading and repealing first paragraph filed 11-2-2020
				  pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2020, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 19034
					 and
					 19161,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 19030
					 and
					 19161,
					 Business and Professions Code.