SOFFA Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2019 Received in the Senate.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act or the SOFFA Act
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.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2019 to Oct 11, 2019; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 19, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Oct 11, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 9, 2019Markup Jul 17, 2019Reported Dec 16, 2019 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2019Hearings Jun 13, 2019Markup Jul 10, 2019Reported Jul 10, 2019 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Received in the Senate.
- Dec 16, 2019Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-348.
- Dec 16, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 277.
- Dec 16, 2019Ms. Schakowsky moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 16, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10292-10294)
- Dec 16, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2647.
- Dec 16, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10292)
- Dec 16, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 17, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 17, 2019Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 10, 2019Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 10, 2019Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jun 13, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 10, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H10292–H10294Text printed H10292 | Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, Robert E. Latta R-OH | Dec 16, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 20, 2019H.R. 2647, Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 17, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 77, May 9, 2019, page H3681.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-46 | KEEPING KIDS AND CONSUMERS SAFE FROM DANGEROUS PRODUCTS143 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 13, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1341 | SOFFA Act | Identical bill | Dec 15, 2020 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To adopt a certain California flammability standard as a Federal flammability standard to protect against the risk of upholstered furniture flammability, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SOFFA
- Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act
- SOFFA
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- SOFFA Act
- Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2019Received in Senate
- Dec 16, 2019Engrossed in House
- Dec 16, 2019Reported in House
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
