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The Commission received correspondence from the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), dated May 9, 2012, requesting that the Commission initiate rulemaking to distinguish and regulate "hazardous pillow-like" crib bumpers from "non-hazardous traditional" crib bumpers under sections 7 and 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). On June 6, 2012, the request was docketed as a petition (CP 12-2) under the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2056 and 2058. The petitioner asserts that, despite information to the contrary regarding the safety of "traditional" crib bumpers, some are advocating banning all bumpers from the marketplace. Petitioner believes that banning "traditional" bumpers may lead caregivers to add unsafe soft bedding to cribs to serve as a protective barrier from the tight dimensions and hard wooden surface of the crib slats. On June 25, 2012, the Commission published a notice in the Federal Register to solicit comments on the petition. The comment period ended on August 24, 2012. Staff reviewed the comments and submitted a briefing package to the Commission on May 15, 2013, recommending that the Commission grant the petition. The Commission voted to grant the petition and directed staff to: (1) provide the Commission with a briefing package describing the possible regulatory actions the Commission may take to address the risk of injury associated with crib bumpers; and (2) explore and, as possible, develop performance requirements and test methods that identify which types of crib bumpers have characteristics that present safety hazards. The Commission issued a request for information (RFI) in February 2016, seeking information about crib bumpers. On September 9, 2016, staff submitted a briefing package to the Commission to address the issues raised in the 2013 Record of Commission Action. On October 19, 2016, the Commission voted to amend the agency’s FY 2017 Operating Plan to initiate rulemaking under section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) to promulgate a mandatory consumer product safety standard that will address the risk of injury associated with the use of padded crib bumpers. Specifically, the Commission directed CPSC staff to prepare a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) briefing package. CPSC staff is working with ASTM to improve the voluntary standard for infant bedding and is in the process of developing an NPRM briefing package and plans to deliver it to the Commission in FY 2019.