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A tanner inside a tanning bed. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, tanning will be illegal for those under 18 in California.

As with every new year, a number of new laws are soon to go into effect here in California. We know our listeners to be law-abiding, upright citizens. And so that you can remain that way, we've brought together two of our staffers, Meghan McCarty and Steve Proffitt, to give us a summary of some of the new laws of 2012.