SF 4654
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/24/2026 10:27 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to commerce; consumer protection; eliminating obsolete dates; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.171, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 325F.171, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Unsafe cribs prohibited.
(a) No commercial user may remanufacture, retrofit,
sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place any unsafe crib in the stream
of commerce deleted text begin on or after January 1, 2006deleted text end .
(b) deleted text begin On or after January 1, 2006,deleted text end No person operating a hotel, motel, or lodging
establishment shall provide any unsafe crib to any guest, either with or without charge, for
use during the guest's stay. For the purposes of this paragraph, "hotel," "motel," and "lodging
establishment" have the meanings given them in section 157.15.
(c) A crib is presumed to be unsafe for purposes of this section if it does not conform
to the standards endorsed or established by the United States Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including but not limited to Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, and ASTM
International, as follows:
(1) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1508, and any regulations adopted to
amend or supplement the regulations;
(2) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1509, and any regulations adopted to
amend or supplement the regulations;
(3) Code of Federal Regulations, title 16, part 1303, and any regulations adopted to
amend or supplement the regulations;new text begin and
new text end
(4) the following standards and specifications of ASTM International for corner posts
of baby cribs and structural integrity of baby cribs:
(i) ASTM F 966 (corner post standard);
(ii) ASTM F 1169 (structural integrity of full-size baby cribs);new text begin and
new text end
(iii) ASTM F 1822 (non-full-size cribs).
(d) A crib is exempt from the provisions of this section if it is not intended for use by
an infant; and at the time of selling, contracting to resell, leasing, subletting, or otherwise
placing the crib in the stream of commerce, the commercial user attaches a written notice
to the crib declaring that it is not intended to be used for an infant and is unsafe for use by
an infant. A commercial user who complies with this paragraph is not liable for use of the
crib contrary to the notice provided.