---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TANNING FACILITY SAFETY STANDARDS ACT (Prohibits the use of tanning facilities by persons less than eighteen (18) years of age.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TANNING FACILITY SAFETY STANDARDS ACT (Prohibits the use of tanning facilities by persons less than eighteen (18) years of age.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7136"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7136 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "McNamara", "Serpa", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b5c77a-a885-435c-be78-4a32ca75e5cf"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2007c9b2b320e85735e9ad3ce53bfb773593317c33ef09fb85cbc7a2239d5dee"
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-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 7136 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - TANNING FACILITY SAFETY STANDARDS ACT (Prohibits the use of tanning facilities by persons less than eighteen (18) years of age.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7136.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** 01/12/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** 01/23/2018 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2018)
- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-11** 06/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b5c77a-a885-435c-be78-4a32ca75e5cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).