AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS, COSMETICIANS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS
Summary
Allows electronic notifications modernize language for notifications, synchronize renewal dates for certain license-types, streamline licensing requirements across several license-types, and update the unlicensed health care practices statute.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 4, 2026
Signed Jun 10, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
May 27, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 10, 2026
Signed into law
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/27/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
May 21, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 7, 2026
Committee
04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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