Proposed Rule2026-04749
Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the Voluntary Standard for Toddler Beds
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Published
March 11, 2026
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Toddler Beds, incorporates by reference ASTM F1821-19[egr]\1\, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toddler Beds. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised this incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision improves the safety of toddler beds.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2026)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 11944-11945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04749]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1217
[Docket No. CPSC-2017-0012]
Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the
Voluntary Standard for Toddler Beds
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or
CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Toddler Beds, incorporates by
reference ASTM F1821-19[egr]\1\, Standard Consumer Safety Specification
for Toddler Beds. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised this
incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the
revision improves the safety of toddler beds.
DATES: Comments must be received by March 25, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2017-
0012, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit through this
website: confidential business information, trade secret information,
or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be
available to the public. CPSC typically does not accept comments
submitted by email, except as described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: CPSC
encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. You may, however, submit comments by mail, hand
delivery, or courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected
information that you do not want to be available to the public, you may
submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, or courier, or you may
email them to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#13706360703e7c6053706360703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e1d0e0d1d53110d3e1d0e0d1d50191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Do not submit to
this website: confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and insert the
docket number, CPSC-2017-0012, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Taxier, Project Manager,
Division of Mechanical and Combustion Engineering, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850;
telephone: (301) 987-2211; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#157161746d7c706755766566763b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="204454415849455260435053430e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to adopt
mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products. 15 U.S.C.
2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must be ``substantially the same as''
voluntary standards, or they may be ``more stringent'' than the
applicable voluntary standards, if the Commission determines that more
stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury
associated with the products. Id. Mandatory standards may be based, in
whole or in part, on a voluntary standard.
Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA specifies the process for when a
voluntary standards organization revises a standard that the Commission
previously had incorporated by reference under section 104(b)(1).
First, the voluntary standards organization must notify the Commission
of the revision. Once the Commission receives this notification, the
Commission may reject or accept the revised standard. To reject a
revised standard, the Commission must notify the voluntary standards
organization within 90 days of receiving the notice of revision that
the Commission has determined that the revised standard does not
improve the safety of the consumer product and that CPSC is retaining
the existing standard. If the Commission does not take this action, the
revised voluntary standard will be considered a consumer product safety
standard issued under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after the Commission received
notification of the revision (or a later date specified by the
Commission in the Federal Register). 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B).
Under this authority, in 2011 the Commission issued a mandatory
safety rule for toddler beds. The rulemaking created 16 CFR part 1217,
which incorporated by reference ASTM F1821-09, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Toddler Beds, with certain modifications to make the
standard more stringent. 76 FR 22019 (Apr. 20, 2011).\1\ At the time
the Commission published the final rule, ASTM F1821-09 was the current
version of the voluntary standard. The
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mandatory standard included performance requirements and test methods,
as well as requirements for warning labels and instructions, to address
hazards to children associated with toddler beds.
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\1\ A correction notice was published because the Office of the
Federal Register inadvertently omitted the last two sections and
figures from the April 20, 2011 Federal Register Notice. 76 FR 27882
(May 13, 2011).
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After the Commission adopted the mandatory standard in 2011, ASTM
subsequently revised the voluntary standard ten times. In accordance
with the procedures set out in section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, some
of these revised standards \2\ became the new mandatory standard for
toddler beds.\3\ 78 FR 73692 (Dec. 9, 2013), 82 FR 11317 (Feb. 22,
2017), 84 FR 57315 (Oct. 25, 2019). The mandatory standard currently
incorporates by reference ASTM F1821-19[egr]\1\, an editorial version
of ASTM F1821-19.\4\ In 2022, ASTM published another editorial version
of the 2019 standard, ASTM F1821-19[egr]\2\, which removed a figure
that was no longer relevant or being used in the standard. This
editorial revision otherwise made no changes to the content of ASTM
F1821-19[egr]\1\.
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\2\ ASTM F1821-13, ASTM F1821-16, and ASTM F1821-19.
\3\ ASTM revised the voluntary standard three times in 2011
(ASTM F1821-11, ASTM F1821-11a, and ASTM F1821-11b). ASTM notified
CPSC of F1821-11b, however, the Commission voted to retain the
existing consumer product safety standard (ASTM F1821-09). ASTM
revised the voluntary standard in 2015 (ASTM F1821-15) and notified
CPSC, however, the Commission voted to retain the existing consumer
product safety standard (ASTM F1821-13). ASTM approved another
revision in 2018 (ASTM F1821-18), however, ASTM did not notify CPSC
of this revision under CPSIA section 104(b)(4)(B). Consequently,
this revised voluntary standard did not become the mandatory
standard by operation of law, and the Commission did not update the
mandatory standard to incorporate by reference this revised ASTM
standard.
\4\ ASTM F1821-19[egr]\1\ corrected two typographical errors but
did not otherwise change the content of ASTM F1821-19.
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On March 2, 2026, ASTM notified the Commission that it had approved
and published another revised version of the voluntary standard, ASTM
F1821-26. CPSC is assessing the revised voluntary standard to
determine, consistent with section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, its
effect on the safety of toddler beds subject to 16 CFR part 1217. The
Commission invites public comment to inform CPSC staff's assessment and
subsequent Commission consideration of the revisions in ASTM F1821-26.
The currently incorporated voluntary standard (ASTM F1821-
19[egr]\1\) and the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F1821-26) are
available for review in several ways. A read-only copy of the existing,
incorporated standard (ASTM F1821-19[egr]\1\) is available for viewing,
at no cost, on the ASTM website at: <a href="https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/">https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/</a>. A read-only copy of the revised standard (ASTM F1821-
26), including red-lined versions that identify the changes from the
2019 versions to the 2026 version, is available, at no cost, on ASTM's
website at: <a href="https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm">https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm</a>. Interested parties can also
download copies of the standards by purchasing them from ASTM
International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken,
PA 19428-2959; phone: 610-832-9585; <a href="https://www.astm.org">https://www.astm.org</a>.
Alternatively, interested parties can schedule an appointment to
inspect copies of the standards at CPSC's Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,
MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479.
Comments must be received by March 25, 2026. Because of the short
statutory time frame Congress established for the Commission to
consider revised voluntary standards under section 104(b)(4) of the
CPSIA, CPSC will not consider comments received after this date.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2026-04749 Filed 3-10-26; 8:45 am]
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