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type: "Bill"
title: "Tanning facilities; prohibits use by persons under age 18."
description: "Tanning facilities; use by persons under age 18. Prohibits a tanning facility from allowing individuals under age 18 to use a tanning device at such facility other than a spray tanning device that does not emit ultraviolet light. The bill includes an exception allowing a person licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine to prescribe or use a phototherapy device, as defined in the bill, for any patient regardless of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 38"
citation: "Virginia HB 38 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ibraheem S. Samirah"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-11-19"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49bb7fbf-2dde-4b99-b33e-a50cdb4a74b7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB38"
source_hash: "add8e2f89902105dbb271b99ab50a839a93d083eca1eced9b052b9c18fa65127"
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-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 38 (2020) — Tanning facilities; prohibits use by persons under age 18.
Tanning facilities; use by persons under age 18. Prohibits a tanning facility from allowing individuals under age 18 to use a tanning device at such facility other than a spray tanning device that does not emit ultraviolet light. The bill includes an exception allowing a person licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine to prescribe or use a phototherapy device, as defined in the bill, for any patient regardless of age.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0387)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0387)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB38ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB38ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB38H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB38H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB38H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB38)
## Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N) — **95** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **61** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **5344** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **184** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 7-N) — **157** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **2218** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — primary (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-11-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100358D `introduction`
- **2019-11-19** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22** Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- **2020-01-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107543D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20107543D-H1
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB38H1
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49bb7fbf-2dde-4b99-b33e-a50cdb4a74b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).