Furniture Legislation SCR40 - PASSES in Missouri
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 2:48 pmCategory: In the News
I am very happy to announce that on Friday, during the last day of session the Missouri House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a Senate resolution in Charlie’s honor.
SCR 40 - This resolution urges the U.S. Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enact regulations that strengthen incentives for use of ASTM International’s furniture safety standard for furniture tip-over hazards, use of warning labels on tip-over risks for certain furniture and appliances, use of wall anchoring devices on certain furniture and appliances, and for promoting public education on furniture tip-over dangers and prevention methods.
Senator Luann Ridgeway & Representative Bryan Pratt led this initiative by sponsoring companion resolutions in the Senate & House of Representatives. Their hope is that this resolution may help prevent other families from encountering a tragedy similar to the one which took Charlie’s life. Once signed by the Governor this will be the first piece of legislation of its kind in the U.S. on the state or federal level.
Jenny & I would especially like to thank our personal friend Lynne Schlosser whose hard work and insight into the state government made this all possible. Lynne, I can’t express how grateful we are.
This resolution can be an important tool in asking the furniture industry, ASTM, & CPSC to make important changes regarding tip over standards. Even more importantly we can utilize this as a means to continue educating parents of this hidden in home danger.
Lynne & Senator Ridgeway have informed me that they will be planning a signing ceremony with the Governor in June, I believe in the Kansas City area.
Obviously this resolution is important to my family, and I am asking for all your help to make sure that the hard work of our state legislators is not wasted. I have sent this e-mail to only a few people who have mentioned to me in the past that you may have local & national media contacts or federal governmental contacts. Please contact me or Jenny if you can help and we will try to work with the state officials to develop a public awareness campaign.
Thank you again to all who have helped!
Brett & Jenny Horn
