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KY HB 885

died on adjournment

AN ACT relating to cosmetology.

Kentucky · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did KY HB 885 pass?

No. KY HB 885 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-27): to Committee on Committees (S)

What is KY HB 885 about?

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 317A to prohibit a licensee from performing services that go beyond the stratum germinativum layer unless practicing under the immediate supervision of a licensed physician; prohibit a licensee from performing any service regulated by another agency without the appropriate licensing for that service; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 317A to define "fixed salon" and "mobile salon"; change "limited beauty salon" to "limited facility" throughout; require any person who attempts to practice cosmetology or shampoo styling without being licensed to pay an administrative penalty to the board in an amount not to exceed $1,500 for each offense; authorize the board to investigate any and all unlicensed activity of services licensed under KRS Chapter 317A; prohibit a licensee from holding clinics if the clinics are not sponsored by a beauty specialty group for a service that require a license or permit under KRS Chapter 317A; require any person who applies for an esthetician license to have completed 750 hours of instruction in a licensed school within 5 years of submitting an application for licensure; establish licensing for mobile salons and limited facilities; exclude completion of 50 hours of esthetics or nail technology training within the last 2 years from licensure requirements for teaching esthetic practices or nail technology; establish license and renewal periods by administrative regulations promulgated by the board; establish a permit for natural hair braiding; exempt a person practicing natural hair brading from being required to have a salon license if working out of their home, a limited facility license if only working with other natural hair braiders, or obtaining cosmetology instruction hours beyond a sanitation course; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to set standards for mobile salons and limited facilities; establish a code of professional conduct for persons licensed and permitted by the board; establish the inspection criteria for fixed and mobile salons; require the board to hold hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B upon the request of an unlicensed party facing penalties; require schools to follow the student-teacher ratio listed in administrative regulations; allow the board to take immediate remedial measures to help a school operate according to standards if a complaint or concern has been validated through an inspection; prohibit a licensee from failing to follow sanitation standards prescribed by administrative regulations; allow the board to investigate all complaints concerning any person that is performing regulated services without a license; establish a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500 per violation for any person who provides regulated services without a license.

Who sponsors KY HB 885?

D. Gordon is the primary sponsor of KY HB 885.

Description

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 317A to prohibit a licensee from performing services that go beyond the stratum germinativum layer unless practicing under the immediate supervision of a licensed physician; prohibit a licensee from performing any service regulated by another agency without the appropriate licensing for that service; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 317A to define "fixed salon" and "mobile salon"; change "limited beauty salon" to "limited facility" throughout; require any person who attempts to practice cosmetology or shampoo styling without being licensed to pay an administrative penalty to the board in an amount not to exceed $1,500 for each offense; authorize the board to investigate any and all unlicensed activity of services licensed under KRS Chapter 317A; prohibit a licensee from holding clinics if the clinics are not sponsored by a beauty specialty group for a service that require a license or permit under KRS Chapter 317A; require any person who applies for an esthetician license to have completed 750 hours of instruction in a licensed school within 5 years of submitting an application for licensure; establish licensing for mobile salons and limited facilities; exclude completion of 50 hours of esthetics or nail technology training within the last 2 years from licensure requirements for teaching esthetic practices or nail technology; establish license and renewal periods by administrative regulations promulgated by the board; establish a permit for natural hair braiding; exempt a person practicing natural hair brading from being required to have a salon license if working out of their home, a limited facility license if only working with other natural hair braiders, or obtaining cosmetology instruction hours beyond a sanitation course; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to set standards for mobile salons and limited facilities; establish a code of professional conduct for persons licensed and permitted by the board; establish the inspection criteria for fixed and mobile salons; require the board to hold hearings in accordance with KRS Chapter 13B upon the request of an unlicensed party facing penalties; require schools to follow the student-teacher ratio listed in administrative regulations; allow the board to take immediate remedial measures to help a school operate according to standards if a complaint or concern has been validated through an inspection; prohibit a licensee from failing to follow sanitation standards prescribed by administrative regulations; allow the board to investigate all complaints concerning any person that is performing regulated services without a license; establish a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500 per violation for any person who provides regulated services without a license.

Introduced
2026-03-04
Latest action
2026-03-27 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • D. Gordonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-27

    to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-27

    received in Senate

  3. 2026-03-27

    3rd reading, passed 64-18 with Floor Amendment (1)

    passage,reading-3

  4. 2026-03-20

    floor amendment (1) filed

    amendment-introduction

  5. 2026-03-19

    posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026

  6. 2026-03-12

    2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2

  7. 2026-03-11

    reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-03-09

    to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-03-04

    to Committee on Committees (H)

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-03-04

    introduced in House

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Pass

    2026-03-27 · pass · 64-18

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Aull: yes
    • Dotson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Meade: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Duvall: yes
    • Hodgson: yes
    • Meredith: yes
    • Stalker: yes
    • Bauman: yes
    • Elliott: yes
    • Huff T: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Tate: yes
    • Bivens: yes
    • Fister: yes
    • Imes: yes
    • Moser: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Blanton: yes
    • Flannery: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Neighbors: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Bojanowski: yes
    • Fleming: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Nemes: yes
    • Tipton: yes
    • Branscum: yes
    • Fugate: yes
    • King: yes
    • Osborne: yes
    • Upchurch: yes
    • Bratcher S.: yes
    • Gooch: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Payne: yes
    • Whitaker: yes
    • Bridges: yes
    • Gordon: yes
    • Kulkarni: yes
    • Pollock: yes
    • Williams: yes
    • Clines: yes
    • Griffee: yes
    • Lewis C: yes
    • Raymer: yes
    • Willner: yes
    • Dietz: yes
    • Grossberg: yes
    • Lewis S: yes
    • Riley: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Donworth: yes
    • Hale: yes
    • Lockett: yes
    • Roarx: yes
    • Witten: yes
    • Dossett: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • McPherson: yes
    • Sharp: yes
    • Banta: no
    • Doan: no
    • Holloway: no
    • Moore: no
    • Roberts: no
    • Brown: no
    • Freeland: no
    • Maddox: no
    • Proctor: no
    • Stevenson P: no
    • Callaway: no
    • Gentry: no
    • Marzian: no
    • Rabourn: no
    • Watkins: no
    • Calloway: no
    • Grossl: no
    • Massaroni: no
    • Bowling: not voting
    • Chester-Burton: not voting
    • Lawrence: not voting
    • Petrie: not voting
    • Truett: not voting
    • Bray: not voting
    • Decker: not voting
    • Lehman: not voting
    • Rudy: not voting
    • Wesley: not voting
    • Burke: not voting
    • Hampton: not voting
    • Lewis D: not voting
    • Tackett Laferty: not voting
    • White: not voting
    • Camuel: not voting
    • Heavrin: not voting
    • McCool: not voting

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