Legislation

Title: Cedar Hope Chests - Prohibition on Manufacture, Import, and Sale (McKenna's Law)
Sponsored by: Delegate O'Donnell
Status: In the House - Withdrawn by Sponsor
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting a person from selling or importing, offering, or manufacturing for sale a cedar hope chest that has a design identified by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as presenting a risk of suffocation death to children who could become entrapped in the chest and has a lid latch that locks automatically and cannot be unlocked from the inside; providing a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation of the Act and up to $2,500 for a subsequent violation; etc.

Committees

Original:: Health and Government Operations Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0415 Session: 2015 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2016

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 12/16/2015 Legislative Date 7/20/2015 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 12/16/2015 Legislative Date 1/13/2016 Action First Reading Health and Government Operations Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/13/2016 Legislative Date 1/13/2016 Action Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/20/2016 Legislative Date 1/20/2016 Action Hearing cancelled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/20/2016 Legislative Date 1/20/2016 Action Hearing 1/26 at 12:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2016 Legislative Date 1/22/2016 Action Hearing cancelled Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2016 Legislative Date 1/22/2016 Action Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/08/2016 Legislative Date 4/09/2016 Action Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	12/16/2015	7/20/2015	Pre-filed
House	12/16/2015	1/13/2016	First Reading Health and Government Operations
House	1/13/2016	1/13/2016	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House	1/20/2016	1/20/2016	Hearing cancelled
House	1/20/2016	1/20/2016	Hearing 1/26 at 12:00 p.m.
House	1/22/2016	1/22/2016	Hearing cancelled
House	1/22/2016	1/22/2016	Hearing 1/26 at 1:00 p.m.
House	4/08/2016	4/09/2016	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
12/17/2015	Text - First - Cedar Hope Chests - Prohibition on Manufacture, Import, and Sale (McKenna's Law)
4/08/2016	Vote - House - Committee - Health and Government Operations

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