AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS (Reduces the number of hours of instruction required to obtain a hairdresser's and cosmetician's license from fifteen hundred (1,500) to twelve hundred (1,200) hours.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2017
House Passage
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced Feb 15, 2017
Signed Jul 5, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jul 5, 2017
Signed into law
07/05/2017 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/28/2017 Senate passed in concurrence
legislature
Jun 14, 2017
Legislature · Passed
06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
May 30, 2017
Committee
05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Labor
legislature
Apr 6, 2017
Legislature · Passed
04/06/2017 House read and passed
legislature
Mar 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
03/28/2017 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
03/07/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Committee
02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
legislature
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CP
Cale P. Keable
DDemocratic
P
DA
David A. Coughlin, Jr.
DDemocratic
P
RH
Raymond H. Johnston Jr.
DDemocratic
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