Bill Text: IL HB4617 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that a person may receive a license as a cosmetologist if the person has completed an online course approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and 750 hours of hands-on training supervised by a licensed cosmetologist extending over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 consecutive years and the person has completed the other requirements for licensure under the Act. Provides that hands-on training conducted under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the 750 hours of hands-on training required for licensure if the training was supervised by a cosmetologist licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or foreign country or province.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4617 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4617-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4617 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 410/3-2 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that a person may receive a license as a cosmetologist if the person has completed an online course approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and 750 hours of hands-on training supervised by a licensed cosmetologist extending over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7 consecutive years and the person has completed the other requirements for licensure under the act. Provides that hands-on training conducted under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or of a foreign country or province shall be credited toward the 750 hours of hands-on training required for licensure if the training was supervised by a cosmetologist licensed under the laws of another state or territory of the United States or foreign country or province.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair
Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by
changing Section 3-2 as follows:
(225 ILCS 410/3-2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-2)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
Sec. 3-2. Licensure; qualifications.
(1) A person is qualified to receive a license as a
cosmetologist who has filed an application on forms provided
by the Department, pays the required fees, and:
a. Is at least l6 years of age; and
b. Is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance
or has received a certificate of graduation from a school
providing secondary education, or the recognized
equivalent of that certificate; and
c. Either:
(i) Has graduated from a school of cosmetology
approved by the Department, having completed a program
of 1,500 hours in the study of cosmetology extending
over a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7
consecutive years. A school of cosmetology may, at its

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discretion, consistent with the rules of the
Department, accept up to 1,000 hours of barber school
training at a recognized barber school toward the
1,500 hour program requirement of cosmetology. Time
spent in such study under the laws of another state or
territory of the United States or of a foreign country
or province shall be credited toward the period of
study required by the provisions of this paragraph; or
; and
(ii) Has completed an online course approved by
the Department and 750 hours of hands-on training
supervised by a licensed cosmetologist extending over
a period of not less than 8 months nor more than 7
consecutive years. Hands-on training conducted under
the laws of another state or territory of the United
States or of a foreign country or province shall be
credited toward the period of hands-on training
required by the provisions of this paragraph if the
training was supervised by a cosmetologist licensed
under the laws of another state or territory of the
United States or foreign country or province; and
d. Has passed an examination authorized by the
Department to determine eligibility to receive a license
as a cosmetologist; and
e. Has met any other requirements of this Act.
(2) (Blank).

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