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The Texas Legislative Session adjourned on May 29, 2019. The legislature will not reconvene again until 2021, as they meet every two years. Your PBA Government Affairs Team tracked 28 bills relating to the beauty industry in your home state, and key bills and their summaries are below. |
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Texas House Bill 467 (Hernandez) would add sexual assault and domestic violence awareness to required continuing education programs for cosmetology license holders. |
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Texas House Bill 1705 (Shaheen) would completely deregulate the cosmetology and barbering licenses. Status: Died. The sponsor of this bill has decided not to go forward with the bill as written and will move to legislation that will direct the state licensing agency to perform a study of specialty licenses. |
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Texas House Bill 2847 (Goldman) would decrease cosmetology hours from 1,500 to 1,000. Status: Signed by Governor Abbott |
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Texas House Bill 3049 (Flynn) would allow for the issuance of occupational licenses to an out-of-state applicant who meets several requirements, including: 1) holds a license issued by another state for an occupation that is substantially equivalent to the occupation for which the state agency issues the license; 2) has held the license described by Paragraph (A) for at least one year; 3) has not been disciplined by a licensing authority of the other state for violating a law or rule administered by the licensing authority; etc. Status: Failed |
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Texas House Bill 3624 (Thompson) would ensure that state agencies issuing licenses adopt rules requiring the agency to charge a reduced license application fee or reactivation fee, as applicable, not to exceed one-third of the amount of the usual fee, to an applicant who: 1) in the two-year period preceding the date of the application, became a parent by natural birth or adoption; and 2) immediately before the birth or adoption, held an active license of the same type for which the person is applying. Status: Failed |
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Texas House Bill 3701 (Miller) would authorize a political subdivision to provide for alternative licensing for military service members, military veterans and military spouses. Status: Failed |
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Texas Senate Bill 1394 (Seliger) would provide for regulation of companies that allow for online scheduling and booking of barbering and cosmetology services to be performed at locations other than licensed salons or shops. Status: Failed |
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Visit PROBEAUTY.ORG/STATELEGISLATION and click on Texas to read more about these bills. Keep this map bookmarked-it is always updated with up-to-the-minute bill information. |
