{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"19055","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 19055","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [18400. - 22949.92.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Home Furnishings [19000. - 19221.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Licensing [19049. - 19064.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-8/chapter-3/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 188, Sec. 19.   (SB 826)   Effective January 1, 2022.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p><p>(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.</p><p>(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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/licensing-19055","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}