Minors across Kentucky would not be allowed to use tanning beds under a bill narrowly approved in the House Tuesday. The measure, which has been previously considered, was passed 51 to 47. Western Kentucky Senator David Watkins is the bill's sponsor. "I don't think that there is a great desire for penalties,” said Watkins. “What we strictly want to do is see a decrease in our children using tanning beds at an early age, so that we would see hopefully a decrease in skin cancers."
Opponents like Representative David Meade of Stanford argued that the decision about tanning bed use for a minors should be left up to parents. "As a parent, I like to make my own parenting decisions for my child and I feel that this is kind of invading that area for me," said Meade.
Watkins, meanwhile, admits passage through the senate with less than a week left for bill consideration is challenging.?
