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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2606

Tanning facility regulation; prohibit use by anyone under 18 years of age.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-115-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TANNING DEVICES AT TANNING FACILITIES BY CHILDREN UNDER AGE 18; TO ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION; TO REQUIRE TANNING FACILITIES TO POST A NOTICE DEVELOPED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATING IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR A TANNING FACILITY OWNER OR OPERATOR TO ALLOW A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO USE ANY TANNING DEVICE; TO REQUIRE TANNING FACILITIES TO POST A NOTICE DEVELOPED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATING THAT A TANNING FACILITY OR OPERATOR THAT VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY; TO REQUIRE TANNING FACILITIES TO POST A NOTICE DEVELOPED BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATING THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STATING THE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TANNING; TO REQUIRE THE OPERATOR TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION INDICATING THAT THE PERSON USING A TANNING DEVICE IS AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Dean Kirby

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate