2019S0249-T 02/21/19
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 2843
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of a practical examination by a
junior college or career school or college.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 132.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.007. COSMETOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM; PRACTICAL
EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A public junior college or career
school or college may administer any practical examination required
by law for the practice of cosmetology.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in the law, any
person sitting for a professional exam for the practice of
cosmetology must have completed a minimum of 1,000 hours of
instruction, including a minimum of 150 hours of instruction in
sanitation and safety, in a beauty culture course or in a vocational
cosmetology program in a public school, including a junior college
or career school or college.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.