§ 19055

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 188, Sec. 19. (SB 826) Effective January 1, 2022.

Every bedding retailer, unless they hold an importer’s license, an upholstered-furniture and bedding manufacturer’s license, a wholesale upholstered-furniture and bedding dealer’s license, or a retail furniture and bedding dealer’s license, shall hold a retail bedding dealer’s license.

(a)This section does not apply to a person whose sole business is designing and specifying for interior spaces, and who purchases specific amenable bedding items on behalf of a client, provided that the bedding is purchased from an appropriately licensed

importer, wholesaler, or retailer.

(b)This section does not apply to a person who is licensed as a home medical device retail facility by the State Department of Public Health, provided that the bedding is purchased from an appropriately licensed importer, wholesaler, or retailer.

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