---
type: "Bill"
title: "Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals."
description: "Existing federal law requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to institute proceedings for the determination of an appropriate flammability standard if the commission finds that such a standard, including labeling, for a fabric, related material, or product, may be needed to protect the public. Existing federal law authorizes a state to establish a flammability standard if, among other things, it provides a higher degree of protection from the risk of fire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1019"
citation: "California SB 1019 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b64fcb49-8724-411b-b89d-c508717528ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019"
source_hash: "314e21edd3a55799be2dd7dd9a102cb85b3c9ad9c1fe74bbff7f94d0c59f290d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1019 (20132014) — Upholstered furniture: flame retardant chemicals.

Existing federal law requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to institute proceedings for the determination of an appropriate flammability standard if the commission finds that such a standard, including labeling, for a fabric, related material, or product, may be needed to protect the public. Existing federal law authorizes a state to establish a flammability standard if, among other things, it provides a higher degree of protection from the risk of fire.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101999INT)
2. **03/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101998AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101997AMD)
4. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101996AMD)
5. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101995AMD)
6. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101994AMD)
7. **06/30/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101993AMD)
8. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101992AMD)
9. **08/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101991AMD)
10. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101989CHP)
11. **SB1019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019)
12. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1019&version=20130SB101990ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1019 Leno Concurrence — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 1019 Leno Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-18** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2014-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3036.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3211.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2014-05-12** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3707.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 3663.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-09** Referred to Coms. on E.S. & T.M. and B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6343.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 6542.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 4944.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 862, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b64fcb49-8724-411b-b89d-c508717528ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).