A very divided voice vote left House Speaker Lawerence Denney in doubt on Rep. Janice McGeachin's motion to pull the bill banning use of tanning beds by minors back to committee, so he called for a roll call; the motion then passed 42-26. McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, said she doesn't intend to kill the bill. "I will give it a fair hearing as I always do," she said, saying lobbyist Wayne Hoffman's allegations are "a thing that may need to be put to rest." The link Hoffman emailed to lawmakers was to an article on a tanning-salon industry website about how dermatologists refer people to use tanning beds for some conditions; Rusche told the House that's true, it's done by prescription, and it would still be allowed under the bill. He noted, however, that such prescriptions are almost never made for minors, though that still would be allowed under his bill, HB 486a.

Rep. Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, compared the risk of tanning beds to "Little League football or skiing," saying parents need to take responsibility for risk to their kids. "In Idaho parents still matter." DeMordaunt told the House. Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, said, "We as a state don't always need to be making the decisions. We're taking the responsibility for the parents away from them."

Idaho has the highest rate of deaths from melanoma in the nation, and a third of its teenage girls use tanning beds, which sharply increase melanoma risk. "This is good medicine, this is a good bill," Rusche, a retired pediatrician, told the House.