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HB 273 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to barbering.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 8, 2026

Latest action (Mar 17, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Amend KRS 317.430, relating to the Kentucky Board of Barbering, to add the executive director of the board as a nonvoting member; amend KRS 317.450 to remove language regarding good moral character and temperate habit requirements; reduce length of experience from 3 years to 1 year for certain out-of-state applicants; amend KRS 317.470 to change the title of "administrator" to "executive director"; amend KRS 317.540, relating to barber schools to reduce the number of required hours of course instruction from 1,500 to 1,200; increase the maximum number of hours allowed per day from 8 to 10 hours; make technical changes.

Sponsors (2)

Action history (9)

  1. Jan 8, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Jan 8, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Jan 15, 2026 to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) · lower
  4. Mar 4, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Mar 5, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Mar 9, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 10 2026 · lower
  7. Mar 16, 2026 3rd reading, passed 95-1 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  8. Mar 17, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Mar 17, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Barbers And CosmetologistsBoards And CommissionsLicensingOccupations And Professions

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