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STATE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES Battles at the state level continue to take up a disproportionate amount of the ITA's time and resources. We are now up to 50 bills in 28 states. Clearly, our opponents see an opportunity to hurt us this year and they are throwing significant time, energy and money into the push for age restrictions. The other side is aggressively working the media. For each leg- islative hearing, they bring in numbers of melanoma survivors who blame their misfortune on sun tanning indoors. In some cases, they blame indoor tanning even when they never actually tanned indoors! Melanoma is a terrible disease and it is shame- less the way these victims are exploited for political gain. Our discussions often focus on the legislation dealing with age restriction, but we also pay close attention to other important issues affecting your businesses. For example, the District of Columbia recently proposed 74 pages of some of the most ridic- ulous and burdensome regulations you can imagine. The regulations appear to have been cut and pasted from the restaurant industry because there is a reoccurring focus on sani- tation and health of the employees. The proposed regulations would also require three trained employees to be present during all hours of operation, and for no apparent reason. We will do our best to get these regulations reversed but, just like in the states, we have to hire local experts. It is an expensive and time- consuming process. However, it is important. Regulations are often copied, so we have to deal with the problems immediately or risk seeing them pop up in other states. In spite of the challenges and the campaigns of misinformation being waged against us, we continue to have success. As of March 5, the bills in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington State and West Virginia are dead and a number of other bills are firmly under control. However, we still have some major hurdles to clear before this election year winds down and we need the help of businesses nationwide to win these fights. Please get involved! STATE LEGISLATION 2012 Arizona HB2596 – Under-18 ban Colorado HB1170 – Parental consent under 18, postponed indefinitely, dead for 2012 Connecticut S.54 – Under-18 ban District of Columbia Proposed Regulations Florida SB360 – Under-14 ban, died in committee SB1044 – Under-18 ban, died in committee HB1043 – Under-14 ban, died in com- mittee Idaho H486 – Under-18 ban Illinois S1329 – Under-18 ban S2816 – Under-18 ban H1666 – Under-18 ban H4017 – Under-18 ban Indiana HB1115 – Parental consent for spray tanning, defeated in committee Iowa HSB35 – Doctor's prescription under 18, dead for 2012 Kentucky HB249 – Under-14 ban Maryland SB213 – Under-18 ban HB0207 – Under-18 ban Massachusetts H.2372 – Under-14 ban S.1175 – Under-16 ban Michigan HB5276 – Under-18 ban Minnesota HF1328 – Under-18 ban, multiple new warnings HF1329 – Under-18 ban, multiple new warnings Missouri H1283 – Under-15 ban HB1343 – Under-16 ban, licensing, registration HB1475 – Parental consent under 18 New Hampshire HB446 – Repeals regulatory authority for indoor tanning salons, defeated in the House New Jersey S1172 – Under-18 ban A2142 – Under-18 ban New York S2917 -- Under-18 ban S3083 – Under-16 ban A1074 – Under-18 ban A3564 – Additional warning sign A6793 – Under-16 ban North Carolina S.471 – Doctor's prescription under 18 Ohio HB119 – Doctor's prescription under 18 HB453 – Amends cosmetology statues Oklahoma SB1225 – Under-18 ban, defeated in committee Pennsylvania HB369 – Under-18 ban S349 – Licensing, under-14 ban Rhode Island S106 – Doctor's prescription under 18 S2322 – Doctor's prescription under 18 H5627 – Doctor's prescription under 18 H7825 – Doctor's prescription under 18 South Dakota SB173 – Under-18 ban, defeated in committee Utah SB41 – Under-18 ban Vermont H157 – Under-18 ban Washington State HB1363 – Doctor's prescription under 18, licensing, licensing fees; dead for 2012 HB2550 – Under-18 ban, dead for 2012 S.5593 – Licensing, Under-16 ban; dead for 2012 S.6249 – Under-18 ban, defeated in Senate West Virginia S.73 – Parental consent under 18, amended to under-18 ban, died in Committee 71 SMART TAN MAGAZINE [ SmartTan.com