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AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: February 27, 2024 Contact: Amber Otis, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Senate Bill 960 Senate Amendment 1
2023 SENATE BILL 960
2023 Senate Bill 960 requires the Department of Justice (DOJ), in consultation with various other state
agencies, to identify and establish materials for use in providing instruction on recognition and
reporting of human trafficking to students in schools of barbering, cosmetology, aesthetics, electrology,
and manicuring. Further, the bill requires provision of instruction on the dynamics of exploitation and
recognition and reporting of suspected human trafficking as a condition of licensure of such schools.
SENATE AMENDMENT 1
With respect to the consultation described above, DOJ must, more specifically, consult with the
Technical College System Board, the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), and the
Cosmetology Examining Board. Senate Amendment 1 removes DSPS from the list of agencies with
whom the bill directs DOJ to consult.
Also among its provisions, Senate Bill 960 directs DSPS to require the provision of instruction in
recognition and reporting of human trafficking as a condition that must be satisfied prior to licensure as
a school of barbering. Senate Amendment 1 revises the manner in which this instruction directive is
written, to remove the phrase “DSPS shall require” and instead state more directly that a school of
barbering must provide instruction in recognition and reporting of human trafficking, as identified by
DOJ.
BILL HISTORY
Senator Johnson offered Senate Amendment 1 on February 22, 2024. On February 27, 2024, the Senate
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety recommended adoption of the amendment and passage of
the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 7; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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