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Senate advances bill allowing students to carry and self-apply sunscreen with parental permission
Summary
The Senate on the floor advanced S187, a one-page bill to let students possess and self-administer sunscreen with annual parent or guardian permission and to allow school staff to assist only with parental authorization; the bill was amended as recommended by the Health and Welfare Committee and ordered for a 3rd reading.
Senator Weeks (senator from Rutland) led the chamber through S187, a one-page bill to permit students to possess and self-apply sunscreen in schools with annual parent or guardian permission and to allow school personnel to assist in applying sunscreen only if they have parental authorization.
"Section 1, sunscreen will join the list of over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl, Tums, and others," Weeks said while…
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