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Tanning Legislation
Summaries, Links to Bill Texts and Analyses

Texas – HB 663 (2001) - ENACTED
Analysis
Summary: House Bill 663 requires tanning facilities and the Texas Department of Health to provide information about the dangers of tanning, prohibits persons younger than 13 years of age from using a tanning device at a tanning facility without written permission from a physician and being accompanied to the facility by a parent, and authorizes persons aged 13 through 17 to use a tanning device only under certain circumstances.

New Hampshire – HB 729 (2004) – LAW without SIGNATURE
Summary: This bill requires the board of barbering, cosmetology and esthetics to regulate tanning facilities.
No person under the age of 18 shall be allowed to utilize a tanning device at a tanning facility without the written consent of that person’s parent or legal guardian and without an operator present

California – AB 2193 (2004) – IN SENATE (Passed Assembly)
Analysis
Summary: This bill would prohibit a person less than 18 years of age from using a tanning device except upon prescription by a physician and surgeon for treatment of a medical condition.

Maryland – SB 209 (2004) - FAILED
Analysis
Summary: Prohibits an individual under 18 years of age from using a tanning device in a tanning facility except under specified circumstances. Allows an individual under 18 years of age to use a tanning device in a tanning facility if the individual has written permission for the use of a tanning device by a physician and a parent or guardian remains at the tanning facility while the individual uses the tanning device; etc.

Michigan – HB 5144 (2004) – STALLED in Committee
Analysis
Summary: The bill would create a new statute in the Public Health Code requiring license and regulation of tanning facilities. Among other things, the bill would:

• Prohibit the operation of a tanning facility without a license, beginning about one year after the bill’s effective date.
• Require that an individual be provided a written cautionary statement before being allowed to use a tanning device in a tanning facility.
• Specify that a tanning facility would have to require the customer to sign a written statement acknowledging that he or she had read and understood the written warning and had agreed to wear protective eyewear. If the customer was less than 18 years old, a parent or legal guardian would also have to sign the statement.
• Require the owner or operator of a tanning facility to conspicuously display a poster on the dangers of ultraviolet radiation; on the need to wear protective eyewear; on the ability of a customer to report any injury to the owner or operator, to the Department of Community Health, or to both; and on other matters.
• Make a violation of the act a state civil infraction, with civil fines of up to $500 per violation, and allow civil actions for injunctive relief.

North Carolina – SB 657 (2003) - RATIFIED
Summary: An Act to provide that operators of tanning equipment shall provide a warning statement to consumers regarding the hazards of exposure to UV radiation and shall obtain a consumer’s acknowledgement of the warning before the consumer’s initial use; operators shall not allow a person 13 years and younger to use tanning equipment without a written prescription; prohibits operators and owners from claiming that using tanning equipment is safe; etc.

New Jersey – AB 976 (2004) - INTRODUCED
Summary: Requires tanning facilities to provide certain notice concerning tanning booths.

New York – AB 2693 – PASSED and IN SENATE & AB 5702 – IN ASSEMBLY (2004)
Summary, AB 2693: Directs the commissioner of health to promulgate additional regulations to protect the safety of persons using tanning facilities: makes failure to operate properly or supervise employees or overexposing persons to electromagnetic radiation unsafely or other failure to obey safety requirements grounds for disciplinary action; sets standards for qualifications, safety training, and other safety standards to guard against overexposure.

Summary, AB 5702: Provides for increased consumer safety standards for the use of ultraviolet tanning facilities; requires equipment that meets the standards in the code of federal regulations; provides standards for maintenance of equipment, sanitation, protective goggles, warnings, recordkeeping, consent of parent or guardian for person under age 18; does not pre-empt more restrictive local regulation

Pennsylvania – HB 109 (2004) – PASSED and IN SENATE
Summary: An Act regulating tanning facilities; providing for the registration of persons operating tanning facilities; requiring that certain warnings be given and safeguards be taken; imposing penalties; and making a repeal.

Wisconsin – AB 572 (2004) - FAILED PASSAGE
Summary: This bill limits use of tanning facilities to customers aged 18 years or older and requires owners of tanning facilities to require customers to provide photographic identification that indicates age.