SACRAMENTO BEE: Sen. Lieu's proposed ban on children using tanning beds 'noteworthy'
Your handy checklist of pending bills
Gov. Jerry Brown, closing in on his Sunday night signing deadline for bills passed in this year's legislative session, still has a number of noteworthy measures on his desk.
Here's a (partial) list compiled by Bee Capitol Bureau Chief Dan Smith that you can use to keep score:
Tanning beds
SB 746 (Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance)
What it would do: Prohibit children under 18 years old from using tanning beds.
Analysis: California would be the first state in the nation to ban minors from fake baking. Brown will weigh health arguments from doctors, nurses and the American Cancer Society against the tanning industry, which argues the current law - requiring parental consent for tanners between ages 14 and 18 - is working.
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