{"id":27366,"date":"2025-11-07T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/?p=27366"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:19:11","slug":"asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"ASA Keeps Winning: Tanning\u2019s Responsible Position Keeps Getting Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Joseph Levy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The American Suntanning Association is staying ahead of attempts to over-regulate professional indoor tanning facilities at the state and federal level in 2025. And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so.<\/p>\n<p>In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might &#8212; it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons.<\/p>\n<p>ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America.<\/li>\n<li>ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds.<\/li>\n<li>ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there.<\/li>\n<li>ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients.<\/li>\n<li>ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week.<\/li>\n<li>In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up.<\/p>\n<p>When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year.<\/p>\n<p>The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.mydigitalpublication.com\/november-2025\/page-38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joseph Levy The American Suntanning Association is staying ahead of attempts to over-regulate professional indoor tanning facilities at the state and federal level in 2025. And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so. 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And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so.  In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might -- it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons.  ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d  ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year:   ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America.  ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds.  ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there.  ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients.  ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week.  In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues.  \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d  There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up.  When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health.  \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said.  \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d  And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year.  The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through.  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASA Keeps Winning: Tanning\u2019s Responsible Position Keeps Getting Stronger - Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Joseph Levy  The American Suntanning Association is staying ahead of attempts to over-regulate professional indoor tanning facilities at the state and federal level in 2025. And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so.  In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might -- it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons.  ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d  ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year:   ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America.  ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds.  ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there.  ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients.  ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week.  In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues.  \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d  There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up.  When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health.  \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said.  \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d  And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year.  The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through.  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Tan News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-07T15:19:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ASA-Board-11-7-25.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1184\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"smarttannews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SmartTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"smarttannews\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"smarttannews\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/722dc7049af55e0ed743d67ce9ed4819\"},\"headline\":\"ASA Keeps Winning: Tanning\u2019s Responsible Position Keeps Getting Stronger\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-07T15:19:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\"},\"wordCount\":663,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ASA-Board-11-7-25.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/\",\"name\":\"ASA Keeps Winning: Tanning\u2019s Responsible Position Keeps Getting Stronger - Smart Tan News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ASA-Board-11-7-25.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-07T15:19:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"By Joseph Levy The American Suntanning Association is staying ahead of attempts to over-regulate professional indoor tanning facilities at the state and federal level in 2025. 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ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there. ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients. ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week. In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues. \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up. When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health. \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said. \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year. The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through. 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And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so.  In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might -- it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons.  ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d  ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year:   ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America.  ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds.  ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there.  ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients.  ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week.  In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues.  \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d  There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up.  When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health.  \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said.  \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d  And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year.  The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through.  Click here to read the entire article in the latest issue of Smart Tan Magazine online.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/asa-keeps-winning-tannings-responsible-position-keeps-getting-stronger\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ASA Keeps Winning: Tanning\u2019s Responsible Position Keeps Getting Stronger - Smart Tan News","og_description":"By Joseph Levy  The American Suntanning Association is staying ahead of attempts to over-regulate professional indoor tanning facilities at the state and federal level in 2025. And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so.  In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might -- it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons.  ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d  ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year:   ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America.  ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds.  ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there.  ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients.  ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week.  In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues.  \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d  There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up.  When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health.  \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said.  \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d  And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year.  The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through.  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And we\u2019re working with partners worldwide to do so. In Iowa this year, ASA successfully convinced legislators to amend a would-be-effective under-18 ban bill to a parental-consent signed-once-in-person bill \u2013 helping the market underscore existing best practices. The bill passed the Iowa House of Representatives, but did not come up for a vote in the Senate before a mid-April deadline for House-originated bills. If the bill does get heard again next year \u2013 and we expect it might -- it\u2019ll starting as a bill asking for parental consent signed once in the store \u2013 standard practice for years in professional salons. ASA\u2019s Joseph Levy has been to Des Moines several times this year working with state legislators. \u201cWe are a solution-oriented player in the sun care field. Our story is scientifically solid,\u201d Levy said. \u201cThis professionalism and problem-solving approach are why our efforts have been successful in the state regulatory arena in the past 10 years.\u201d ASA has won 60 consecutive legislative efforts in state capitals, and now has been victorious more than 160 times since beginning this work in 2013. Levy has traveled to 43 different state capitals. This year: ASA once again in 2025 has worked to prevent legislative proposals to enact under-21 sunbed restrictions from moving forward anywhere in America. ASA once again in 2025 has successfully prevented under-18 sunbed restriction legislation from advancing in several legislatures \u2013 gaining bi-partisan support in many states for the scientifically supported position that sunburn prevention is not advanced by restricting access to professional sunbeds. ASA in 2025 once again worked to defeat a state service tax bill in Louisiana that would have layered another tax on tanning facilities and other service businesses there. ASA this year once again halted legislative talk to restrict spray tanning services to under-18 clients. ASA in 2024 convinced a state regulatory agency to abandon an effort to limit sunbed clients to 1-2 sessions per week. In many cases, ASA convinced would-be bill sponsors not to even introduce bills after seeing the science that does not support that approach. Some of our victories involved tax bills and other issues. \u201cThe best way to keep legislation from getting any traction is to re-dedicate your tanning business to professional practices, sunburn prevention and to be worthy of the path that is being blazed for the tanning market of tomorrow,\u201d Levy said. \u201cAnd get involved with ASA. We need your support.\u201d There are other accomplishments. And likely you haven\u2019t heard about many of them. Aside from the legislative victories you have heard about, there are so many examples of potential issues ASA has prevented from ever even coming up. When legislative proposals do get momentum, we\u2019ve been a constructive force in preventing government over-reach when proposals wouldn\u2019t actually improve public health. \u201cMy job has taken me to 43 state capitals, Washington D.C., most of Canada\u2019s provinces in cooperation with the JCTA, and destinations worldwide in cooperation and support of the European Sunlight Association and the UK Sunbed Association,\u201d Levy said. \u201cIn Ohio and Iowa this year, meetings with state legislators laid out bipartisan support for our position when bills were introduced to outlaw sunbed visits for clients under age 18. I visited Columbus five times this year to meet with more than two-dozen committee members personally. We prefer to do this before bills come before a committee for consideration.\u201d And if a bill actually does move forward in a legislative committee, we\u2019ve matured to the point of providing a positive, constructive case supporting our position. Such as we did in two different committees in the Ohio legislature this year. The exact way we present our message changes based on circumstances, but the core science always shines through. 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