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Iowa panel OKs bill banning minors from tanning salons

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February 3rd, 2015 by Ric Hanson

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A House legislative panel has approved a bill that would prohibit indoor tanning for minors at commercial salons in Iowa. Members of a human resources subcommittee agreed Tuesday to advance the bill. It now heads to a full committee for consideration. The bill would ban people under age 18 from using a tanning device at a commercial salon, with or without parental consent. Current law has no restrictions.

A separate legislative panel in the Senate approved a similar bill last month. There is no opposition listed for the bill. Eric Goranson, a lobbyist for the American Suntanning Association, says the group supports the legislation.