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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 21, 2025

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

Introduced February 13, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB497

AN ACT relating to cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 317A to allow reciprocal licensing for cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians; include work experience as a basis for licensure; explicitly include military personnel and spouses; repeal KRS 317A.100, relating to reciprocal licensing and continuing education.

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This bill would make it easier for licensed cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians from other states to get a Kentucky license by allowing reciprocal agreements and counting work experience toward licensure requirements. It includes specific provisions to help military members and their spouses who relocate to Kentucky enter the workforce more quickly. An existing law on reciprocal licensing and continuing education would be repealed and replaced by these new rules. Who it may affect: cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians licensed in other states, as well as military service members and their spouses moving to Kentucky.

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