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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Adolesc Health. 2020 Jul 18;68(2):407–410. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.047

Table 1.

State legislation allowing students to carry and self-apply sunscreen at school in the contiguous United States

State Yeara Bill# Link to bill on state’s website
Existing Legislation:
 Alabama 2017 SB 63 http://arc-sos.state.al.us/PAC/SOSACPDF.001/A0012061.PDF
 Arizona 2017 HB 2134 https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/hb2134p.pdf
 Arkansas 2019 HB1167 http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2019/2019R/Acts/Act247.pdf
 California 2002 SB 1632 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020SB1632
 Connecticut 2019 SB 922 https://cga.ct.gov/2019/ACT/pa/pdf/2019PA-00060-R00SB-00922-PA.pdf
 District of Columbia 2019 L23–0034 https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/laws/23-34.html
 Florida 2017 HB 7069 https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/7069/BillText/er/PDF
 Illinois 2019 HB4685 http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=100-1176
 Indiana 2018 SB 24 http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/24#document-181a8ce2
 Louisiana 2017 HB 412 http://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1052205
 Maine 2019 SP 119 https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0119&item=3&snum=129
 Maryland 2018 HB 427 http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/chapters_noln/Ch_33_hb0427T.pdf
 Michigan 2018 HB 5379 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2017-2018/publicact/htm/2018-PA-0243.htm
 Minnesota 2019 HF0001 (96.6) https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?session=ls91&number=HF0001&session_number=1&session_year=2019&version=list
 Nebraskab 2019 n/a https://cdn.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2019SunscreenGuidance.pdf
 Nevada 2019 SB159 https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6218/Text
 New York 2013 S595 A https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2013/s595
 Ohio 2017 HB 49 https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-49
 Oklahoma 2018 SB 950 http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18%20ENR/SB/SB950%20ENR.PDF
 Oregon 2015 HB 3041 https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3041/Enrolled
 Pennsylvania 2018 HB 1228 https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2017&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1228
 Texas 2015 SB 265 https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/SB00265F.htm
 Utah 2017 HB 288 https://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/hb0288.html
 Virginia 2020 SB 44 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB44ER
 Washington 2017 SB 5404 http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2017-18/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5404-S.SL.pdf
Pending Legislation:
 Massachusetts 2017 SB 1196 https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1196
 New Jersey 2018 S1803 https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1803_I1.HTM
 Rhode Island 2019 HB 5118 http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5118.pdf

Note: States that do not have legislation regarding sunscreen use in school include: Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Vermont. Alaska and Hawaii also do not have sunscreen laws in place but are not included in this article or this table because of the lack of available UV data for these states.

a

If a state has pending legislation, the year provided is the year the legislation was introduced.

b

Nebraska has a guidance document from the board of education but not passed or pending legislation.