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Passed Senate
Passed House
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Last action · March 24, 2025
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 68)

Introduced January 7, 2025

Senate
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to licensed professionals.

Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove…

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This bill makes several changes to the rules for barber and cosmetology licensing in Kentucky. It allows applicants who fail part of their licensing exam to retake only the failed portion after one month, and removes any limit on how many times cosmetologist and esthetician applicants can retake exams. It also strengthens penalties for licensees who knowingly use unlicensed nail technicians, opens the executive director role of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology to non-cosmetologists, and…

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Legislative History

Mar 24, 2025 · Senate
Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 68)
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Delivered To Governor (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Enrolled, Signed By Speaker Of The House
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Enrolled, Signed By President Of The Senate
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Passed 36-0
Yea: 36
Nay: 0
Absent: 2
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Senate Concurred In House Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Posted For Passage For Concurrence In House Committee Substitute (1) (clerical)
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
To Rules (S)
Mar 14, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 85-2 With Committee Substitute (1)
Yea: 85
Nay: 2
Absent: 13
Feb 27, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 35-2 With Committee Substitute (1) And Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 35
Nay: 2
Absent: 1

Primary Sponsor

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Reginald Thomas

Senator · Senate District 13

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Reginald.Thomas@kylegislature.gov

Co-sponsors (1)

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David Yates

Senator · Senate District 037

Co-sponsor
David.Yates@kylegislature.gov

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