Effective September 1st, 2015 the bedding laws for Texas are formally rescinded. This means that Texas officials will no longer, license, inspect or regulate mattresses or bedding products for new or secondhand items. While this change is effective September 1st, we have been notified by Texas bedding program officials that effective immediately, no new URNs will be issued by the state AND other state-issued URNs no longer need to be submitted to them for recognition.

What does this mean? If your company has any plants with URN with a prefix of “TX,” then URN paperwork needs to be filed immediately with another state to secure a new URN. If your company has a URN with another state prefix, it is unaffected by the Texas rescission of its bedding regulations except that it need not seek recognition of that URN with TX. This means that companies will enjoy a substantial savings with renewal fees.

One last note: randomly conducted 1633 flammability testing by Texas official is now also a thing of the past.

If you need help in obtaining a new registration number contact Legal Label at 207 894-3300.