The Colorado legislature has amended a law (CO HB 22-1345) enacted in 2022 that established a product phaseout timeline for specific categories of consumer products that contain intentionally added PFAS. Of relevance to the mattress industry, the original law banned the distribution and sale of:

  • Fabric treatments and juvenile products containing intentionally added PFAS, effective January 1, 2024.
  • Indoor textile furnishings and upholstered furniture containing intentionally added PFAS, effective January 1, 2025.

Like the Maine law, the terms juvenile products, textile furnishings and upholstered furniture appear to be defined broadly enough to include at least crib and toddler mattresses (in the case of the juvenile products ban) and all mattresses (both adult and children’s mattresses) in the case of the textile furnishings and upholstered furniture ban.

The 2024 amendments (CO SB 24-081) would also ban effective January 1, 2028, the distribution and sale of textile articles that contain intentionally added PFAS. “Textile article” means a textile primarily used in households and businesses. Although this new term is arguably broad enough to include mattresses, it appears to be irrelevant to the mattress industry because mattresses that contain intentionally added PFAS would already have been banned by January 1, 2025, under the textile furnishings and upholstered furniture bans. 

The amendments passed by the Colorado legislature have been sent to Governor Polis for his signature or veto.

ISPA has updated a chart that analyzes PFAS bills currently pending in state legislatures across the country that could affect the mattress industry. The chart is available to ISPA members only. Click here to access the chart.