Date of enactment: March 22, 2024
2023 Senate Bill 261 Date of publication*: March 23, 2024
2023 WISCONSIN ACT 190
AN ACT to renumber 463.25 (3); to amend 463.25 (5) (intro.) and 463.25 (9) (a); and to create 463.25 (3) (b) and
(c) and 463.25 (5) (g) of the statutes; relating to: regulation of tanning facilities.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 463.25 (3) of the statutes is renumbered
463.25 (3) (a).
SECTION 2. 463.25 (3) (b) and (c) of the statutes are
created to read:
463.25 (3) (b) No tanning facility may advertise or
distribute promotional materials that claim that using a
tanning device is safe or free from risk or that the use of
a tanning device will result in medical or health benefits.
(c) A tanning facility may only claim or distribute
promotional materials that claim that a tanning device is
for cosmetic use only.
SECTION 3. 463.25 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is
amended to read:
463.25 (5) WARNING SIGN. (intro.) Each tanning
facility shall prominently display a warning sign in each
area where a tanning device is used. That sign shall have
dimensions of not less than 11 inches by 17 inches and
shall convey the following directions and information:
SECTION 4. 463.25 (5) (g) of the statutes is created to
read:
463.25 (5) (g) A customer may contact the depart-
ment to report an alleged injury sustained at the tanning
facility. The warning sign shall provide a current tele-
phone number that may be used to contact the department
to report an alleged injury.
SECTION 5. 463.25 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended
to read:
463.25 (9) (a) No customer under 16 years of age is
permitted to use the tanning facility. No customer who
is 16 or 17 years of age is permitted to use the tanning
facility unless the customer’s parent or guardian provides
written authorization for the customer to use a tanning
device.
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”