PRINTER'S NO. 1201
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1083
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY RIGBY, KHAN, SMITH, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, KENYATTA,
CIRESI AND GREEN, APRIL 1, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, APRIL 1, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589, No.202), entitled
"An act to promote the public health and safety, by providing
for the examination and licensure of those who desire to
engage in the profession of barbering; regulating barber
shops and barber schools, and students therein; regulating
compensation for service rendered; conferring certain powers
and duties on the Department of State; and providing
penalties," further providing for definitions, for rules and
regulations and for records.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2.1 of the act of June 19, 1931 (P.L.589,
No.202), referred to as the Barbers' License Law, is amended by
adding definitions to read:
Section 2.1. The following words and phrases when used in
this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Barber shop." A place, including a mobile unit, where the
practice of barbering is performed by a barber licensed under
this act.
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"Mobile unit." A self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed
mobile unit that meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Is at least twenty-four feet in length.
(2) Is licensed by the board as an establishment for the
practice of barbering under this act.
(3) Complies with all health and safety regulations
established by the board.
Section 2. Sections 10 and 11 of the act are amended to
read:
Section 10. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and
regulations prescribing the sanitary requirement of each barber
shop or barber school, in co-operation with the Department of
Health, and shall transmit a copy thereof to the proprietor or
person operating such barber shop or school, which shall at all
times be kept conspicuously displayed in such shop or school. It
shall be unlawful for any person to open either a new barber
shop or move his or her shop , except a mobile unit, to another
place, or take over as owner an existing barber shop, until he
or she has filed an application with the board for the
inspection, approval and registration of such shop. It is
further provided that no barber shop may open for business until
said inspection has been had and the shop approved. The
inspector shall, immediately upon his inspection and approval,
issue a temporary registration of such shop whereupon it shall
be lawful for the shop to be opened for business. The temporary
license shall be effective until the issuance of either a
permanent license or an official rejection of the application.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sleep in, or for any
owner or manager to permit any person to sleep in or use for
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30 residential purposes, any room used as a barber shop or a school
of barbering. All rooms used for such purposes shall be used for
barbering purposes, manicuring, shoe shining and such allied
business, as may be approved by the board. No member of the
board may inspect or be physically present during the inspection
of a barber shop or a school of barbering. Any duly authorized
agent of the board may enter and make reasonable examination of
any barber shop or barber school during the business hours, for
the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions thereof, and
ascertaining whether the shop or school, and all persons working
therein, are properly licensed and registered. Any barber shop,
barber school, or tools, appliances, and furnishings in use
therein, kept in an unclean and unsanitary condition as to be a
danger to health or to the creation and spreading of infectious
and contagious diseases, is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance, and the board may suspend or revoke the license of the
proprietor thereof or any person operating in such barber shop
or school, or the permit hereinafter required for such shop, or
school. Any duly authorized agent of the board shall, following
an examination and inspection of the premises under this
section, affix a seal or sticker, in a conspicuous place, of
such design and size as may be prescribed by the board attesting
to the fact that the premises have passed such examination and
inspection and, further, indicating the date thereof. Each shop
shall have displayed in a conspicuous place at the shop entrance
a notice to consumers listing the phone number at which a
consumer may report a complaint to the State Board of Barber
Examiners.
Section 11. The department shall keep a record of the names
and addresses of the barber shops , or the addresses of the
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30 owners of barber shops that are mobile units, to which, and the
names of all persons to whom, licenses are issued under this
act. The department shall furnish copies of such records to the
public upon request and may establish a reasonable fee for such
copies which shall not exceed the cost of reproduction.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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