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House approves overhaul of cosmetology and barber statutes; amendment becomes bill
Summary
The chamber adopted a strike‑all amendment to House Bill 4752 to merge barber and cosmetology boards, remove apprenticeship requirements for barbers, create a hairstylist license, allow cross‑practice between salons and barbershops and set an effective date of July 1, 2027; second reading passed 109–0.
Representative Wooten explained a strike‑all amendment that would merge cosmetology and barber statutes and boards and make multiple regulatory changes affecting barbers, cosmetologists and estheticians. Key changes include removing an apprenticeship requirement for barbers, creating a cosmetology hairstylist‑only license, allowing barbers to work in salons and cosmetologists to work in barbershops, aligning esthetician license hours with federal loan requirements, limiting health and sanitation violations to one administrative penalty per violation, and setting a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027 to allow implementation.
The amendment was described on the floor as the substantive bill and was adopted; the measure received second reading by roll call (109–0). No floor amendments were offered during the session.
