Bryant’s bill licensing barber and cosmetology instructors

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89R11684 JTZ-D

By: Bryant
H.B. No. 4680

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the licensing and regulation of barber instructors and

cosmetology instructors by the Texas Department of Licensing and

Regulation and to the composition of the Barbering and Cosmetology

Advisory Board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1603.051, Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 1603.051. ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP. The Barbering

and Cosmetology Advisory Board consists of nine members appointed

by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's

approval, as follows:

(1) four members who each hold an individual

practitioner license under Subchapter E-1, including:

(A) at least one holder of a Class A barber

license; [ and ]

(B) at least one holder of a cosmetology operator

license;

(C) at least one holder of a barber instructor

license; and

(D) at least one holder of a cosmetology

instructor license;

(2) two members who each hold an establishment

license;

(3) two members who each hold a school license; and

(4) one member who represents the public.

SECTION 2. Section 1603.2103(a), Occupations Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) A person holding:

(1) a Class A barber license may perform any barbering

service;

(2) a cosmetology operator license may perform any

cosmetology service;

(3) a manicurist license may perform any service

described by Section 1603.0011(a)(7) or (8);

(4) an esthetician license may perform any service

described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), or (6) or (c);

(5) a manicurist/esthetician license may perform any

service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7),

or (8) or (c);

(6) a hair weaving specialist license may perform any

service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(9);

(7) a hair weaving specialist/esthetician license may

perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5),

(6), or (9) or (c); [ and ]

(8) an eyelash extension specialist license may

perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(c) ;

(9) a barber instructor license may:

(A) perform any barbering service; and

(B) instruct a person in the performance of any

barbering service; and

(10) a cosmetology instructor license may:

(A) perform any cosmetology service; and

(B) instruct a person in the performance of any

cosmetology service .

SECTION 3. Subchapter E-1, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code,

is amended by adding Section 1603.21035 to read as follows:

Sec. 1603.21035. ELIGIBILITY FOR BARBER INSTRUCTOR OR

COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR LICENSE. (a) To be eligible for a barber

instructor or cosmetology instructor license, an applicant must:

(1) be at least 18 years of age;

(2) have a high school diploma or a high school

equivalency certificate;

(3) hold a current Class A barber license or

cosmetology operator license, as applicable;

(4) have completed a course consisting of 500 hours of

instruction in barber or cosmetology courses and methods of

teaching in a barber or cosmetology school or commission-approved

training program; and

(5) pass a written and practical examination

prescribed by the commission.

(b) The commission shall adopt rules for the licensing of

specialty instructors to teach specialty courses in any service

described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or

(9) or (c).

SECTION 4. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Texas

Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to

implement Section 1603.21035, Occupations Code, as added by this

Act.

SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section

1603.051, Occupations Code, does not affect the entitlement of a

member serving on the advisory committee established under that

section immediately before the effective date of this Act to

continue to serve for the remainder of the member's term. As the

terms of members expire after the effective date of this Act, the

presiding officer of the Texas Commission of Licensing and

Regulation, with the commission's approval, shall appoint or

reappoint members who have the qualifications required by that

section.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.