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S 7483 NY
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Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Apr 17, 2025

Latest action (May 12, 2026) REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Summary

New York bill S 7483 requires the Department of State to make renewed licenses and certificates available to licensees in portable document format (PDF) for download from the department's website. The bill applies to renewed appearance enhancement licenses (nail specialists, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics, and cosmetology), renewed barber licenses and certificates, renewed temporary operator's licenses, and renewed trainee certificates of registration. When applicants seek to renew their licenses, the department must also notify them of voluntary domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education courses available through the department's website. The act takes effect 90 days after becoming law.

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Official abstract

Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download by the person whose license or certificate has been renewed.

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Action history (16)

  1. Apr 17, 2025 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
  2. May 19, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.1133 · upper
  3. May 20, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 21, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. Jun 5, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. Jun 5, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. Jun 5, 2025 REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · lower
  8. Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION · upper
  11. Jan 28, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.185 · upper
  12. Jan 29, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  13. Feb 3, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  14. May 12, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  15. May 12, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  16. May 12, 2026 REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · lower

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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S07483 Summary: BILL NO S07483 &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A04042

&nbsp SPONSOR MAY &nbsp COSPNSR &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §§408, 439, 406 & 408-a, Gen Bus L &nbsp Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download by the person whose license or certificate has been renewed.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

7483

2025-2026 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

April 17, 2025 ___________

Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates avail- able on its website in a portable document format for download

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 408 of the general business law, 2 as amended by chapter 715 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the 5 payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four 6 years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing 7 of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the 8 secretary. When an applicant seeks to renew their license, the depart- 9 ment shall notify applicants of voluntary domestic violence and sexual 10 assault awareness education courses that can be accessed through the 11 department's website. The department shall enable licensees to download 12 such renewed license from the department's website in a portable docu- 13 ment format after such renewal is processed. 14 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 439 of the general business law, as 15 amended by section 4 of part Y of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is 16 amended to read as follows: 17 4. Any license or certificate, except a temporary license, which has 18 not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee 19 prescribed by this article, be renewed for additional periods of four 20 years from its expiration, without further examination, upon the filing 21 of any application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the 22 secretary of state, accompanied by the certificate required by paragraph 23 (c) and the certificate of completion required by paragraph (e-1) of

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07571-01-5

S. 7483 2

1 subdivision one of section four hundred thirty-four of this article. The 2 department shall enable licensees and apprentices to download such 3 renewed license or certificate from the department's website in a port- 4 able document format after such renewal is processed. 5 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 406 of the general busi- 6 ness law, as amended by chapter 341 of the laws of 1998, is amended to 7 read as follows: 8 e. Upon acceptance by the secretary of a proper application for an 9 operator's license to practice nail speciality, waxing, natural hair 10 styling, esthetics or cosmetology, the secretary may issue a temporary 11 operator's license which shall expire six months from issuance. Upon 12 good cause shown, the secretary may renew a temporary operator's license 13 for one additional six-month period upon filing the appropriate applica- 14 tion and fee. The department shall enable licensees to download such 15 renewed temporary operator's license from the department's website in a 16 portable document format after such renewal is processed. 17 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 408-a of the general business law, as 18 added by chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 19 2. A certificate of registration as a trainee shall be for a period of 20 one year, renewable for a second year, and may be renewed for additional 21 terms within the discretion of the secretary. The department shall 22 enable trainees to download such renewed certificate of registration as 23 a trainee from the department's website in a portable document format 24 after such renewal is processed. 25 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 26 have become a law.

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