Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4680 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R11684 JTZ-D
2	2	By: Bryant H.B. No. 4680
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the licensing and regulation of barber instructors and
10	10	cosmetology instructors by the Texas Department of Licensing and
11	11	Regulation and to the composition of the Barbering and Cosmetology
12	12	Advisory Board.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 1603.051, Occupations Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 1603.051. ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP. The Barbering
17	17	and Cosmetology Advisory Board consists of nine members appointed
18	18	by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's
19	19	approval, as follows:
20	20	(1) four members who each hold an individual
21	21	practitioner license under Subchapter E-1, including:
22	22	(A) at least one holder of a Class A barber
23	23	license; [and]
24	24	(B) at least one holder of a cosmetology operator
25	25	license;
26	26	(C) at least one holder of a barber instructor
27	27	license; and
28	28	(D) at least one holder of a cosmetology
29	29	instructor license;
30	30	(2) two members who each hold an establishment
31	31	license;
32	32	(3) two members who each hold a school license; and
33	33	(4) one member who represents the public.
34	34	SECTION 2. Section 1603.2103(a), Occupations Code, is
35	35	amended to read as follows:
36	36	(a) A person holding:
37	37	(1) a Class A barber license may perform any barbering
38	38	service;
39	39	(2) a cosmetology operator license may perform any
40	40	cosmetology service;
41	41	(3) a manicurist license may perform any service
42	42	described by Section 1603.0011(a)(7) or (8);
43	43	(4) an esthetician license may perform any service
44	44	described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), or (6) or (c);
45	45	(5) a manicurist/esthetician license may perform any
46	46	service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7),
47	47	or (8) or (c);
48	48	(6) a hair weaving specialist license may perform any
49	49	service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(9);
50	50	(7) a hair weaving specialist/esthetician license may
51	51	perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5),
52	52	(6), or (9) or (c); [and]
53	53	(8) an eyelash extension specialist license may
54	54	perform any service described by Section 1603.0011(c);
55	55	(9) a barber instructor license may:
56	56	(A) perform any barbering service; and
57	57	(B) instruct a person in the performance of any
58	58	barbering service; and
59	59	(10) a cosmetology instructor license may:
60	60	(A) perform any cosmetology service; and
61	61	(B) instruct a person in the performance of any
62	62	cosmetology service.
63	63	SECTION 3. Subchapter E-1, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code,
64	64	is amended by adding Section 1603.21035 to read as follows:
65	65	Sec. 1603.21035. ELIGIBILITY FOR BARBER INSTRUCTOR OR
66	66	COSMETOLOGY INSTRUCTOR LICENSE. (a) To be eligible for a barber
67	67	instructor or cosmetology instructor license, an applicant must:
68	68	(1) be at least 18 years of age;
69	69	(2) have a high school diploma or a high school
70	70	equivalency certificate;
71	71	(3) hold a current Class A barber license or
72	72	cosmetology operator license, as applicable;
73	73	(4) have completed a course consisting of 500 hours of
74	74	instruction in barber or cosmetology courses and methods of
75	75	teaching in a barber or cosmetology school or commission-approved
76	76	training program; and
77	77	(5) pass a written and practical examination
78	78	prescribed by the commission.
79	79	(b) The commission shall adopt rules for the licensing of
80	80	specialty instructors to teach specialty courses in any service
81	81	described by Section 1603.0011(a)(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), or
82	82	(9) or (c).
83	83	SECTION 4. Not later than December 31, 2025, the Texas
84	84	Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
85	85	implement Section 1603.21035, Occupations Code, as added by this
86	86	Act.
87	87	SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act to Section
88	88	1603.051, Occupations Code, does not affect the entitlement of a
89	89	member serving on the advisory committee established under that
90	90	section immediately before the effective date of this Act to
91	91	continue to serve for the remainder of the member's term. As the
92	92	terms of members expire after the effective date of this Act, the
93	93	presiding officer of the Texas Commission of Licensing and
94	94	Regulation, with the commission's approval, shall appoint or
95	95	reappoint members who have the qualifications required by that
96	96	section.
97	97	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.