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2007 Senate Bill 593 (Impose licensure on tattoo parlors ) (House Roll Call 535)

Passed in the House (87 to 19) on November 28, 2007, to require licensure and regulation of tattoo parlors that perform tattooing, branding, or body-piercing ("body art"). The bill would impose fees of $500 for an initial three-year license; $300 for a three-year renewal; and $100 for a license to operate a facility at a fixed site for up to two weeks. Among other things the bill would require the owner or operator to maintain and make available to health departments a permanent record of each customer, including name, address, age, and signature; the date; the design and location of the tattooing, branding, or body-piercing, and more. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 87 in favor, 19 opposed, and 4 not voting
(House Roll Call 535 at House Journal 126)

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Legislators (Democrat)
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5955%
58 total votes
Legislators (Republican)
633763%
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52 total votes

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The following legislators supported 2007 Senate Bill 593 (Impose licensure on tattoo parlors ):

Accavitti (D) Agema (R) Amos (R) Angerer (D) Ball (R) Bauer (D)
Bennett (D) Bieda (D) Booher (R) Brown (D) Byrnes (D) Byrum (D)
Calley (R) Casperson (R) Caul (R) Cheeks (D) Clack (D) Clemente (D)
Condino (D) Constan (D) Corriveau (D) Coulouris (D) Cushingberry (D) Dean (D)
Dillon (D) Donigan (D) Ebli (D) Emmons (R) Espinoza (D) Farrah (D)
Gaffney (R) Gonzales (D) Green (R) Hammel (D) Hammon (D) Hansen (R)
Hildenbrand (R) Hood (D) Hopgood (D) Horn (R) Huizenga (R) Jackson (D)
Johnson (D) Jones, Rick (R) Jones, Robert (D) Lahti (D) LaJoy (R) Law, David (R)
LeBlanc (D) Leland (D) Lemmons (D) Lindberg (D) Marleau (R) Mayes (D)
McDowell (D) Meadows (D) Meekhof (R) Meisner (D) Melton (D) Miller (D)
Moolenaar (R) Moore (R) Moss (R) Nitz (R) Nofs (R) Opsommer (R)
Pavlov (R) Pearce (R) Polidori (D) Proos (R) Robertson (R) Sak (D)
Scott (D) Shaffer (R) Sheltrown (D) Simpson (D) Smith, Alma (D) Smith, Virgil (D)
Spade (D) Stakoe (R) Tobocman (D) Valentine (D) Walker (R) Warren (D)
Wenke (R) Wojno (D) Young (D)    

The following legislators opposed 2007 Senate Bill 593 (Impose licensure on tattoo parlors ):

Acciavatti (R) Brandenburg (R) Caswell (R) DeRoche (R) Elsenheimer (R) Garfield (R)
Gillard (D) Hoogendyk (R) Hune (R) Knollenberg (R) Meltzer (R) Palmer (R)
Palsrok (R) Pastor (R) Rocca (R) Schuitmaker (R) Sheen (R) Stahl (R)
Ward (R)      

The following legislators did not vote on 2007 Senate Bill 593 (Impose licensure on tattoo parlors ):

Griffin (D) Law, Kathleen (D) Steil (R) Vagnozzi (D)

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1) 2007 Senate Bill 593 (Impose licensure on tattoo parlors ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on June 19, 2007, to require licensure and regulation of tattoo parlors that perform tattooing, branding, or body-piercing ("body art"). The bill would impose fees of $500 for an initial three-year license; $300 for a three-year renewal; and $100 for a license to operate a facility at a fixed site for up to two weeks. Among other things the bill would require the owner or operator to maintain and make available to health departments a permanent record of each customer, including name, address, age, and signature; the date; the design and location of the tattooing, branding, or body-piercing, and more

The vote was 38 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 354 at Senate Journal 95)

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