SB 746

Finally. The government steps in to do what I clearly can’t. Here in California, moms like me are cheering the news of a new law banning the use of tanning beds by anyone under age 18. (Until the law takes effect in January, children ages 14 to 17 still can use tanning beds with parental permission.)

SACRAMENTO, California (AP) – California girls who dream about the sun-kissed skin glorified in song by Katy Perry will have to wait until they turn 18 before they can get the effect from tanning beds under a new first-in-the-nation law.

Supporters of the law said the higher age limit is needed because skin damage caused by the type of radiation used in tanning beds often leads to melanoma.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he had signed into law a bill that prevents children under 18 from using the popular tanning method. The law takes effect Jan. 1.

By David Morrill and Rachel Raskin-Zrihen/MediaNews Group
Each year when high school prom gears up, Tim Massie can count on a handful of teenagers to use his store's tanning beds.

No longer.

Earlier this month Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that prevents children under 18 from using the popular tanning method. The law, which hopes to reduce the risk of cancer, takes effect Jan. 1.

The idea that the government is limiting this customer segment irks Massie, who owns Iron Horse Nutrition in Pleasanton.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tomas Albert, 17, has a problem.

Though his skin is naturally pale, he prefers to sport a flush of color - especially when on holiday with family in Sicily. Because he tends to redden and burn when he's in the sun, he turns to a tanning bed four times a year.

"It's a lot easier to pick up ladies with a tan," the Oakland teen said.

The measure is among more than 140 pieces of legislation signed or rejected by Jerry Brown before a midnight deadline.
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Clearing his desk of more than 140 bills, Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday barred minors from using tanning beds, required health insurers to include coverage for autism, approved limits on police actions at sobriety checkpoints and rejected legalization of industrial hemp.