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<item congress="116" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2647" measure-id="id116hr2647" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-05-09" update-date="2019-12-30">
<title>Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hr2647v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-12-30">
<action-date>2019-12-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or the SOFFA Act</b><br /><br />This bill adopts the California flammability standard as the federal standard for upholstered furniture. To meet the standard, the upholstered furniture must past a specific test of the materials' ability to resist smoldering when a heat source is applied. </p> <div> <div></div></div>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hr2647v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-10-02">
<action-date>2019-05-09</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or SOFFA</b><br /><br />This bill adopts the California flammability standard as the federal standard for upholstered furniture. To meet the standard, the upholstered furniture must past a specific test of the materials' ability to resist smoldering when a heat source is applied. </p> <div> <div></div></div>]]></summary-text>
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