---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tanning Salons/Restrictions on Use."
description: "Tanning Salons/Restrictions on Use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2003"
identifier: "SB 657"
citation: "North Carolina SB 657 (2003)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANCER", "COMMERCE", "COMMISSIONS", "COSMETICS", "DENR", "DISEASES", "ENVIRONMENT", "MINORS", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC HEALTH", "RADIATION PROTECTION COMN.", "RATIFIED", "SEN. FORRESTER", "RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-03-31"
last_action: "2004-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee9d7d8d-3fab-4322-8295-1083a54a9278"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2003&BillID=S657&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "a744eb17f4109c60d055b40ad30f318acbd87412b5af915ab4bb42cbe700ca28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 657 (2003) — Tanning Salons/Restrictions on Use.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v5.pdf)
7. **SL 2004-157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2003/Bills/Senate/PDF/S657v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **87–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrester — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-08-02** Ch. SL 2004-157 `became-law`
- **2004-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2004 `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-19** Pres. To Gov. 7/19/2004 `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-18** Ratified
- **2004-07-17** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2004-07-17** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2004-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2004
- **2004-07-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2004-07-17** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-15** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-15** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-14** Re-ref Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-14** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-05-29** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2003-04-17** Ref To Com On Health `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-17** Rec From Senate
- **2003-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2003-04-14** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-10** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2003-04-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-04-01** Ref To Com On Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee9d7d8d-3fab-4322-8295-1083a54a9278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).