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H.R. 3182 · 117th Congress

Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021

Law · 117-126 · May 16, 2022
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  1. House Introduced May 13, 2021
  2. House Passed Jun 23, 2021
  3. Senate Passed May 3, 2022
  4. President To the President May 11, 2022
  5. President Signed May 16, 2022
  6. Law May 16, 2022

Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 20 21 This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants. Specifically, inclined sleepers for infants are those designed for an infant up to one year old and have an inclined sleep surface of greater than 10 degrees.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · May 16, 2022

Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021

This bill makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants. Specifically, inclined sleepers for infants are those designed for an infant up to one year old and have an inclined sleep surface of greater than 10 degrees. Crib bumpers generally are padded materials inserted around the inside of a crib and intended to prevent the crib occupant from becoming trapped in any part of the crib's openings; they do not include unpadded, mesh crib liners.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Safe Sleep for Babies Act of 2021

Latest action (May 16, 2022): Became Public Law No: 117-126.

Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: May 13, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced May 13, 2021
  2. House Passed Jun 23, 2021
  3. Senate Passed May 3, 2022
  4. President To the President May 11, 2022
  5. President Signed May 16, 2022
  6. Law May 16, 2022

No recorded floor vote found.