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TDLR outlines rulemaking and timeline to implement HB 1560 consolidation
Summary
TDLR staff said House Bill 1560 consolidated barbering and cosmetology statutes into a single chapter and presented a step-by-step rulemaking timeline: advisory board review, public comment, commission consideration (Dec. 6), with staged effective dates beginning Jan. 1 and larger license transitions Sept. 1, 2023.
TDLR officials presented a timeline for implementing House Bill 1560 and stressed that the law consolidates barbering and cosmetology into a single statute while leaving individual license scopes intact. "This merger is not making a barber a cosmetologist," Education Examination Division Director Ray Bizarro told attendees.
Deputy Executive Director David Gonzalez and Assistant General Counsel Derek Burkhalter described the multi-step rulemaking process that follows statutory change: agency drafting, internal review (including…
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