In January 2005, Katie Elise Lambert, a 3½-year-old girl from Rep. Shapiro’s legislative district, was killed when a piece of furniture fell on her in her new home. To prevent such a horrific accident in the future, Rep. Shapiro introduced H.R. 357 in 2005 to create the Katie Elise Lambert Task Force on Child Safety. The House and Senate passed the resolution in July 2006, charging the task force to report, among other things, on the feasibility of laws requiring warning labels on all assembled and ready-to-assemble furniture sold in Pennsylvania.

The Katie Elise Lambert Task Force on Child Safety completed its report last summer. Click here for a full copy of the report. In the current session, Shapiro plans to introduce legislation which will fully implement the recommendations of the task force.