---
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: "SB 2299"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2299 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Health & Safety", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea2620df-7c0b-43a3-8351-644705f79e53"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8c2210d438553fcf27c5a4be4a0f879756170719f2ac45db3c3a42362b1e01a7"
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 SB 2299 (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. **2299 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2299B.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **66–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub B 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/ea2620df-7c0b-43a3-8351-644705f79e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).