CHAPTER 8.5. Children’s Clothing [19820. - 19821.]

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC 8.5.

in effect

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 19820. Section 19820.

(a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, new children’s sleepwear to and including size 14 which does not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear to and including size 6X, and such other standards as may from time to time be adopted by the federal government. The requirements prescribed by this chapter shall be in addition to those prescribed by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 19810). (b) Violation of subdivision (a) is a misdemeanor. (c) The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Section 11340 of the Government Code), flammability regulations covering such other articles of new children’s clothing to and including size 14 as it shall determine to be in the public interest. (d) Violation of any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subdivision (c) is a misdemeanor.

Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 19821. Section 19821.

The Legislature finds and declares that results from recent research and testing by the federal government indicate the chemical tris (2, 3-dibromopropyl) phosphate, hereafter referred to as “Tris,” which is widely used in children’s sleepwear as a flame retardant, may be a cancer-causing agent. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations prohibiting the use of Tris in all clothing. The State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the Department of Consumer Affairs, shall prepare and disseminate information to consumers on how to identify clothing, including children’s clothing subject to the provisions of Section 19820, which has been treated with Tris or any other flame-retardant chemicals used in the manufacture of consumer products which a state or federal agency has determined under state or federal law to be a health hazard of sufficient magnitude to warrant prohibition of their manufacture or sale.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026