The Connecticut General Assembly has passed CT SB 292, which will restrict the use of PFAS in consumer products. The bill awaits action by the governor.  

The bill establishes a product phaseout timeline for 14 specific categories of consumer products that may contain PFAS. Although the bill does not explicitly include adult mattresses in its list of covered products, the defined terms are broad enough that all mattresses (both children’s and adult) are likely covered by the phase outs. For example, the bill defines “upholstered furniture” to mean an article of furniture designed for sitting, resting or reclining and that contains any filling material, “juvenile product” to include at least to crib and toddler mattresses and “textile furnishings” to include “bedding.” The covered products list also includes fabric treatments that contain intentionally added PFAS. 

The bill provides as follows: 

  • Effective July 1, 2026, no person may manufacture, sell or distribute a covered product that contains intentionally added PFAS unless they have reported specified information to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and affixed a consumer warning label to their product that states “Made with PFAS Chemicals.” 
     
  • Effective January 1, 2028, no person may manufacture, sell or distribute a covered product that contains intentionally added PFAS. After this date, the use of intentionally added PFAS in the covered product categories is prohibited regardless of the above reporting and labeling requirements. 

Initially, the bill would have banned all consumer products that contained intentionally added PFAS by 2030 and required more intensive reporting to DEEP. The legislature dropped these provisions, however, in response to industry opposition and DEEP’s concerns about the staffing and funding needed to enforce those provisions. 

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.