Relating to: the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board.

AB 1046 changes the composition of the Cosmetology Examining Board by specifying that its nine members must include four licensed aestheticians or cosmetologists, one public member, one private school representative, one public school representative, one licensed electrologist, and one licensed manicurist. The bill also limits board members with financial ties to cosmetology schools to no more than four. It includes special provisions allowing the governor to provisionally appoint the initial manicurist member until confirmed by the Senate, with that member serving until July 1, 2028. This bill directly affects the makeup and appointment process of the state board overseeing cosmetology licensing.