House Sponsors: RONEN-ERWIN-LOPEZ-LANG-GASH, FEIGENHOLTZ, JONES,LOU, CROTTY, FLOWERS, LINDNER, GILES, BELLOCK AND DART. Senate Sponsors: WALSH,T-OBAMA-SHAW-CLAYBORNE-MADIGAN,L Short description: CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY ACT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Children's Product Safety Act. Prohibits a commercial user from remanufacturing, selling, leasing, or placing in the stream of commerce a crib or other children's product that is unsafe. Provides that a children's product is unsafe when it does not conform to certain requirements or when it has been recalled. Provides for criminal penalties, civil remedies, and exemptions. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Prohibits a child care facility from using or having on the premises of the facility any unsafe children's product, except as specified. Provides that a violation constitutes grounds for revocation or refusal of a child care facility license. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall ensure that each child care facility becomes informed, on an ongoing basis, of unsafe children's products to enable each child care facility to effectively inspect children's products and specifically identify unsafe children's products, and that the Department shall adopt rules to carry out the new provisions. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Inserts similar provisions, with changes concerning: criteria for determining whether a product is safe or unsafe; retrofitting of products; and exceptions to the Act. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Makes changes concerning: the criteria under which a children's product is deemed to be unsafe, criteria for allowing retrofitting of an unsafe children's product, and retrofits that are exempt from the new Act. Deletes language authorizing private civil actions against commercial users who violate the new Act, and inserts language authorizing the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to bring an action in the name of the People of the State of Illinois to enforce the new Act. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0413 Last action date: 99-08-06 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status