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Safe Sleep Act of 2019

Introduced: June 10, 2019 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Jun 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Safe Sleep Act of 2019

This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute inclined sleepers for infants. Specifically, inclined sleepers for infants are those that are designed for an infant up to one year old and have an inclined sleep surface of greater than 10 degrees. The bill also requires that any rules promulgated by the Consumer Product Saftey Commission with respect to infant sleepers are consistent with prevailing safe sleep best practices.

What's happening now June 10, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3172 Related bill Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Oct 24, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1767: Safe Sleep Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1767/
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"S. 1767: Safe Sleep Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1767/.
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S. 1767, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1767/.
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