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Panel hears cosmetology licensure compact; DOL fiscal questions raised
Summary
A bill to adopt the interstate cosmetology licensure compact drew support from military spouse advocates and compact proponents; cosmetology trade groups and fee‑sensitive licensees pressed the Department of Licensing fiscal assumptions and asked for phased implementation and cost clarifications.
Substitute House Bill 10 23, establishing a cosmetology licensure compact to allow multistate cosmetology licenses, was reported into the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee and received public testimony.
Committee staff Susan Jones described the compact: a multistate license would be issued by the licensee’s home state and authorize practice in other member states; the compact would be administered by a commission of home‑state delegates and could levy assessments and fees to cover operating costs. Jones read the Department of Licensing fiscal note: four‑year cash receipts and expenditures of approximately $4,000,000 that offset each other,…
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