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Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to issue consumer product safety standards for durable infant and toddler products. The Commission is directed to assess the effectiveness of applicable voluntary standards and, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate consumer product safety standards that are substantially the same as the voluntary standard or more stringent than the voluntary standard if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with the product. The CPSIA requires that not later than August 14, 2009, the Commission begin rulemaking for at least two categories of durable infant or toddler products and promulgate two such standards every six months thereafter. The Commission will propose a consumer product safety standard for hook-on chairs as part of this series of standards for durable infant and toddler products. Staff is preparing an NPRM briefing package for Commission consideration. On June 26, 2015, the Commission voted unanimously to approve publication in the Federal Register of the notice of proposed rulemaking regarding a safety standard for portable hook-on chairs. Staff sent the briefing package to the Commission on June 17, 2015. The proposed rule would adopt without modification the current ASTM standard on portable hook-on chairs (ASTM F1235-15) as the mandatory hook-on chair standard. The notice of proposed rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015. Comments on the NPRM are due on September 15, 2015. The effective date of a final rule regarding a safety standard for portable hook-on chairs would be 6 months after publication of the final rule in the Federal Register.