Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1320
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 25-8.
Synopsis: Beauty apprenticeships. Provides that an individual who
completes a United States Department of Labor registered
apprenticeship program for barbers, estheticians, or manicurists is
eligible to take the licensure examination of the applicable profession.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Wesco, Bauer M, Criswell
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and
Pensions.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1320
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
professions and occupations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 25-8-4-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.82-2024,
2 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 7. (a) Each applicant must pass a final practical
4 demonstration examination of the acts permitted by the license. The
5 following shall administer the final practical demonstration
6 examination:
7 (1) The applicant's beauty culture school.
8 (2) The program sponsor or employer of the applicant's United
9 States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to
10 practice cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, or manicuring.
11 (b) The board shall conduct a written examination of the students
12 enrolled in beauty culture school or applicants for a beauty culture
13 professional license. The written examinations described in this
14 section:
15 (1) shall be conducted at the times and places determined by the
16 board;
17 (2) may be administered through computer based testing;
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1 (3) may be conducted before graduation from beauty culture
2 school; and
3 (4) shall be conducted at times set by the board.
4 SECTION 2. IC 25-8-11-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2013,
5 SECTION 68, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
6 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The application described in section 3 of this
7 chapter must state that the applicant:
8 (1) is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
9 (2) has successfully completed the eighth grade or received the
10 equivalent of an eighth grade education;
11 (3) has graduated from a manicurist program in a beauty culture
12 school or completed a United States Department of Labor
13 registered apprenticeship program to practice manicuring;
14 (4) has received a satisfactory grade (as defined by IC 25-8-4-9)
15 on an examination for manicurist license applicants prescribed by
16 the board;
17 (5) has not committed an act for which the applicant could be
18 disciplined under IC 25-8-14; and
19 (6) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13-9 for the issuance of a
20 license under this chapter.
21 SECTION 3. IC 25-8-11-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
22 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
23 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. An individual who has completed a United States
24 Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to
25 practice manicuring is eligible to take the examination described
26 in section 4(4) of this chapter.
27 SECTION 4. IC 25-8-12.1-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.170-2013,
28 SECTION 71, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
29 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this
30 chapter must state that the applicant:
31 (1) is either:
32 (A) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or
33 (B) at least seventeen (17) years of age and is a graduate of an
34 accredited high school;
35 (2) has:
36 (A) graduated with not less than one thousand five hundred
37 (1,500) hours of training in a barber program in a beauty
38 culture school; or
39 (B) completed a United States Department of Labor
40 registered apprenticeship program to practice barbering;
41 (3) has received a satisfactory grade of at least seventy-five
42 percent (75%) on an examination for barber license applicants
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1 prescribed by the board;
2 (4) has not committed an act that could subject the applicant to
3 discipline under IC 25-1-11; and
4 (5) has paid the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13 for the issuance of a
5 license under this chapter.
6 SECTION 5. IC 25-8-12.1-3.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
7 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
8 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3.5. An individual who has
9 completed a United States Department of Labor registered
10 apprenticeship program to practice barbering is eligible to take the
11 examination described in section 3(3) of this chapter.
12 SECTION 6. IC 25-8-12.5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.158-2016,
13 SECTION 12, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
14 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. To receive a license issued under this chapter,
15 a person must:
16 (1) be at least seventeen (17) years of age;
17 (2) have successfully completed the tenth grade or received the
18 equivalent of a tenth grade education;
19 (3) have graduated from an esthetics program in a beauty culture
20 school or completed a United States Department of Labor
21 registered apprenticeship program to practice esthetics;
22 (4) have received a satisfactory grade (as defined by IC 25-8-4-9)
23 on an examination for esthetician license applicants prescribed by
24 the board;
25 (5) not have committed an act for which the person could be
26 disciplined under IC 25-8-14; and
27 (6) pay the fee set forth in IC 25-8-13-11 for the issuance of a
28 license under this chapter.
29 SECTION 7. IC 25-8-12.5-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
30 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
31 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4.5. An individual who has
32 completed a United States Department of Labor registered
33 apprenticeship program to practice esthetics is eligible to take the
34 examination described in section 4(4) of this chapter.
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