AN ACT relating to the Cosmetology Licensure Compact.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 317A to adopt the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; create definitions; establish requirements for member states; require licensees to apply to their home state for a multistate license; establish criteria for applicants to apply for a multistate license; limit a licensee from a home state to possessing a multistate license in only one member state at a time; require a member state's licensing authority to cooperate with the commission and with each entity exercising independent regulatory authority over the practice of cosmetology; authorize a home state to impose adverse actions against a licensees multistate license issued by the home state; establish powers of remote states participating in the compact; allow an active duty military service member or their spouse to retain their home state designation during any period of service when that individual is on active duty; create the Cosmetology Compact Commission; authorize the commission to establish an executive committee to act on behalf of the commission; establish the responsibilities of the commission and executive committee; require the commission to develop, maintain, operate, and utilize a coordinated database and reporting system that contains licensure, adverse actions, and the presence of current significant investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states; establish procedures for dispute resolution between the commission and licensees; establish withdrawal procedures for member states; provide for severability for any provision in the compact that is contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States of the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, circumstance.