HB 963 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer on requirement that certain agencies assist in consolidating.

HB 963 extends the deadline for a requirement that three state agencies (Finance, IT Services, and Personnel) assist in merging the State Board of Cosmetology and the Board of Barber Examiners. The bill delays the repealer date for this consolidation assistance provision from July 1, 2028, to a later date specified in the bill. This change directly affects the two licensing boards and the three agencies required to support the merger process. The key provision is simply extending the timeline for agencies to provide administrative support during the consolidation effort.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill extends the deadline for repealing a law that requires state agencies to assist in consolidating the State Board of Cosmetology and the Board of Barber Examiners. The repeal date was changed from July 1, 2028, to July 1, 2025, meaning the requirement for agencies to assist in the consolidation will end sooner than originally planned.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on the same agencies and consolidation requirement, but the timeline for when the requirement ends has been shortened.
TIMELINE

The repeal date for the requirement that state agencies assist in consolidating the cosmetology and barber boards was changed from July 1, 2028, to July 1, 2025.

Floor votes · House Feb 6, 2025

How they voted

1162
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 119
Feb 6, 2025
D Democratic39
38 Yea 1 Nay
97% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
76 Yea 1 Nay 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Fred Shanks
RRepublican
MS
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