Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB241 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 241
5	5	April 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives ROZAR, BALDEH, BINSFELD, CONLEY,
6	6	GUNDRUM, O'CONNOR, PALMERI and SUBECK, cosponsored by Senators
7	7	CABRAL-GUEVARA and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Consumer
8	8	Protection.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to renumber 463.25 (3); to amend 463.25 (5) (intro.) and 463.25 (9) (a);
11	11	and to create 463.25 (3) (b) and (c) and 463.25 (5) (g) of the statutes; relating
12	12	to: regulation of tanning facilities.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill makes several changes to the regulation of tanning facilities. Under
15	15	current law, no person may operate a tanning facility in this state without a permit
16	16	issued by the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Tanning facilities are
17	17	required to adhere to certain requirements established by statute and rules
18	18	promulgated by DSPS. The bill makes the following changes to the regulation of
19	19	tanning facilities:
20	20	1. Under current law, an owner of a tanning facility must ensure that no person
21	21	under the age of 16 is permitted to use the tanning facility. The bill requires the
22	22	owner of a tanning facility to ensure that no customer who is 16 or 17 years of age
23	23	is permitted to use the tanning facility unless the customer's parent or guardian
24	24	provides written authorization for the customer to use a tanning device.
25	25	2. The bill prohibits tanning facilities from advertising or distributing
26	26	promotional materials that claim that using a tanning device is safe or free from risk
27	27	or that the use of a tanning device will result in medical or health benefits.
28	28	3. Under current law, each tanning facility must prominently display a
29	29	warning sign in each area where a tanning device is used that contains certain
30	30	directions and information. The bill requires that the warning sign be at least 11
31	31	inches by 17 inches and that the warning sign provide a current telephone number
32	32	for a customer to contact DSPS to report an injury.
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38	38	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
39	39	an appendix to this bill.
40	40	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
41	41	enact as follows:
42	42	SECTION 1. 463.25 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 463.25 (3) (a).
43	43	SECTION 2. 463.25 (3) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
44	44	463.25 (3) (b) No tanning facility may advertise or distribute promotional
45	45	materials that claim that using a tanning device is safe or free from risk or that the
46	46	use of a tanning device will result in medical or health benefits.
47	47	(c) A tanning facility may only claim or distribute promotional materials that
48	48	claim that a tanning device is for cosmetic use only.
49	49	SECTION 3. 463.25 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
50	50	463.25 (5) WARNING SIGN. (intro.) Each tanning facility shall prominently
51	51	display a warning sign in each area where a tanning device is used. That sign shall
52	52	have dimensions of not less than 11 inches by 17 inches and shall convey the
53	53	following directions and information:
54	54	SECTION 4. 463.25 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to read:
55	55	463.25 (5) (g) A customer may contact the department to report an alleged
56	56	injury sustained at the tanning facility. The warning sign shall provide a current
57	57	telephone number that may be used to contact the department to report an alleged
58	58	injury.
59	59	SECTION 5. 463.25 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
60	60	463.25 (9) (a) No customer under 16 years of age is permitted to use the tanning
61	61	facility. No customer who is 16 or 17 years of age is permitted to use the tanning
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86	86	facility unless the customer's parent or guardian provides written authorization for
87	87	the customer to use a tanning device.
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