Safe Cribs Act Reintroduced in Senate
The Safe Cribs Act, which would ban the sale of crib bumpers, was reintroduced in the Senate April 20 by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio; Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. A version of the bill introduced in the House…
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in 2019 passed out of committee during the previous Congress. That these deadly products can still be found on shelves across the country is extremely confusing to new parents who don’t believe stores would be selling them if they were truly dangerous to babies,” Duckworth said. “We should be doing everything we can to help new parents and end preventable deaths like these, which is why I’m proud to be introducing this bipartisan bill with Senators Portman and Blumenthal that would ban the sale of deadly padded crib bumpers.” The Consumer Product Safety Commission a year ago proposed a rule updating its standard to ban padded bumpers but allow mesh bumpers (see 2004020039). That proposed rule has not yet become final, and according to the most recent stakeholder meeting notes posted by CPSC, it may be difficult to find test labs that can certify the air flow standard described in the proposed rule.