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Senate approves Health Spa Services Protection Act after debate on lifetime memberships
Summary
SB54, the Health Spa Services Protection Act, passed the Senate after extended floor debate about banning new lifetime memberships and bond levels to protect consumers; sponsors said bonds would reimburse members if businesses fail; a motion to delete the lifetime-membership ban failed and the bill advanced (23–2).
The Utah Senate passed SB54, the Health Spa Services Protection Act, after extended floor debate focused on prohibiting future lifetime memberships and requiring performance bonds for health-spa locations.
Sponsor Senator Watson described repeated instances where operators sold lifetime memberships and then businesses failed, leaving members without remedy. The bill requires each health-spa location to hold a performance bond sized to membership counts so…
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