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Bill Text - AB-1328 Cosmetology Licensure Compact. skip to content home accessibility FAQ feedback sitemap login x Quick Search: Bill Number Bill Keyword Home Bill Information California Law Publications Other Resources My Subscriptions My Favorites Bill Information >> Bill Search >> Text Bill Text Bill Information PDF2 Bill PDF | Add To My Favorites | Version: 06/06/23 - Amended Senate 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly 02/16/23 - Introduced AB-1328 Cosmetology Licensure Compact. (2023-2024) Text >> Votes >> History >> Bill Analysis >> Today's Law As Amended >> Compare Versions >> Status >> Comments To Author >> Add To My Favorites >> SHARE THIS: Date Published: 06/06/2023 09:00 PM AB1328:v97#DOCUMENT Bill Start Amended IN Senate June 06, 2023 Amended IN Assembly March 23, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1328 Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson February 16, 2023 An act to add Article 14 (commencing with Section 7430) to Chapter 10 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1328, as amended, Gipson. Cosmetology Licensure Compact. Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology to license and regulate the practice of cosmetology. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise provided. Existing law requires the board to grant a license to an applicant who holds a current license to practice issued by another state that is not revoked, suspended, or otherwise restricted and is in good standing, upon submission of a completed application form and fees. This bill would enact the Cosmetology Licensure Compact, the purpose of which is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of cosmetology. The compact would require the board to grant a multistate license to practice cosmetology to an applicant who meets specified eligibility requirements, including holding an active and unencumbered license to practice cosmetology issued by the board in this state. The compact would require the state to recognize a multistate license issued by each member state as authorizing the licensee to practice cosmetology in this state. The compact would require the board to select a delegate to serve on the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission, a joint governmental agency consisting of all member states that have enacted the compact, and would enact specified provisions relating to the establishment, operation, powers, and duties of the commission. The compact would specify procedures for the adoption of rules by the commission for purposes of implementing and administering the compact and would state that the rules of the commission shall have the force of law, except as specified. The compact would require the board to take specified actions relating to the administration and enforcement of the compact, including receiving complaints about individuals practicing cosmetology and communicating investigative information about any adverse action to the other member states through a data system, as specified. The compact would authorize the board to charge a fee to grant a multistate license or for the renewal of a multistate license. The bill would authorize the commission to levy and collect an annual assessment from the state and impose fees on licensees of member states to whom it grants a multistate license to cover the cost of operations and activities of the commission. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime under the act to holders of multistate licenses practicing in this state, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Article 14 (commencing with Section 7430) is added to Chapter 10 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, to read: Article 14. Cosmetology Licensure Compact 7430. (a) The Legislature hereby enacts the Cosmetology Licensure Compact as set forth in Section 7431. (b) The State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology is designated as the state licensing authority for purposes of the compact. 7431. ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the safety of, Cosmetology Services and reducing unnecessary burdens related to Cosmetology licensure. Through this Compact, the Member States seek to establish a regulatory framework which provides for a new multistate licensing program. Through this new licensing program, the Member States seek to provide increased value and mobility to licensed Cosmetologists in the Member States, while ensuring the provision of safe, effective, and reliable services to the public. This Compact is designed to achieve the following objectives, and the Member States hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto: Provide A. Provide opportunities for interstate practice by Cosmetologists who meet uniform requirements for multistate licensure; B. Enhance the abilities of Member States to protect public health and safety, and prevent fraud and unlicensed activity within the profession; C. Ensure and encourage cooperation between Member States in the licensure and regulation of the Practice of Cosmetology; D. Support relocating military members and their spouses; E. Facilitate the exchange of information between Member States related to the licensure, investigation, and discipline of the Practice of Cosmetology; F. Provide for the licensure and mobility of the workforce in the profession, while addressing the shortage of workers and lessening the associated burdens on the Member States. ARTICLE 2- DEFINITIONS As used in this Compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall govern the terms herein: “Active Duty Military” A. “Active Military Member” means any individual in person with full-time duty status in the active uniformed service armed forces of the United States States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve. B. “Adverse Action” means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a Member State’s laws which is imposed by a State Licensing Authority or other regulatory body against a or Cosmetologist, including actions against an individual’s license or Authorization to Practice such as revocation, suspension, probation, monitoring of the Licensee, limitation of the Licensee’s practice, or any other Encumbrance on a license affecting an individual’s ability to participate in the Cosmetology industry, including the issuance of a cease and desist order. C. “Authorization to Practice” means a legal authorization associated with a Multistate License permitting the Practice of Cosmetology in that Remote State, which shall be subject to the enforcement jurisdiction of the State Licensing Authority in that Remote State. D. “Alternative Program” means a non-disciplinary nondisciplinary monitoring or prosecutorial diversion program approved by a Member State’s State Licensing Authority. E. “Background Check” means the submission of information for an applicant for the purpose of obtaining that applicant’s criminal history record information, as further defined in C.F.R. § 20.3(d), from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining State criminal or disciplinary history in the applicant’s Home State. F. “Charter Member State” means Member States who have enacted legislation to adopt this Compact where su

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