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Section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) is the Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act. This Act requires the Commission to: (1) examine and assess voluntary safety standards for certain infant or toddler products, and (2) promulgate mandatory consumer product safety standards that are substantially the same as the voluntary standards or more stringent than the voluntary standards if the Commission determines that more stringent standards would further reduce the risk of injury associated with these products. Section 104 also requires the Commission to periodically review and revise durable infant or toddler standards to ensure that such standards provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible. On February 28, 2024, staff sent a briefing package with a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to the Commission to update the Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles to address hazards associated with the use of bassinets on elevated and soft surfaces, ensure bassinets provide a flat, firm sleep surface, and to provide updated and accurate warnings. On March 20, 2024, the Commission voted to publish an NPR, with amendments to the draft that staff submitted. The NPR published on April 16, 2024, with a comment period closing on June 17, 2024. 89 FR 27246. On May 22, 2024, the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), on behalf of JPMA’s members and ten companies that individually cosigned the request, submitted a request for a 90-day extension of the NPR comment period. On June 18, 2024, the Commission published a 45-day comment period extension, ending on August 1, 2024. 89 FR 51476.   On August 1, 2025, ASTM updated its voluntary standard for bassinets and cradles.  Staff is reviewing and will make recommendations for Commission action as appropriate.