Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HCR117: A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of a Beauty Industry Law Task Force to complete a detailed review of the current laws to ensure alignment throughout the relevant statutes and administrative regulations.
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Beauty Industry Law Task Force to conduct a review of current statutes and administrative regulations governing the industry; require the task force to meet at least 4 times before the submission of its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2026.
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution relating to the establishment of a Beauty Industry Law Task Force to complete a detailed review of the current laws to ensure alignment throughout the relevant statutes and administrative regulations.
From the introduced text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of a Beauty Industry Law Task Force to complete a detailed review of the current laws to ensure alignment throughout the relevant statutes and administrative regulations. WHEREAS, Kentucky regulates over 40,000 licensed cosmetologists, barbers, and licensed facilities; and WHEREAS, there have been numerous changes to the beauty industry's laws and administrative regulations in the past few years; and WHEREAS, the current Boards of Cosmetology and Barbering do not have the personnel capacity to accomplish the necessary task of removing outdated or duplicative information from the statutes and laws governing their practice; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Senate concurring therein: Section 1. The Legislative Research Commission is hereby directed to create the Beauty Industry Law Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of current cosmetology and barbering statutes and administrative regulations to identify outdated information, duplicative material, and discrepancies. Section 2. The Beauty Industry Law Task Force shall be composed of the following members, with final membership of the task force being subject to the consideration and approval of the Legislative Research Commission. (1) Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the …
Sponsors
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Barbers And Cosmetologists, Studies Directed, Legislative Research Commission, Task Forces, Legislative Branch
Common questions
- What is HCR117?
- HCR117 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of a Beauty Industry Law Task Force to complete a detailed review of the current laws to ensure alignment throughout the relevant statutes and administrative regulations.
- What does HCR117 do?
- In its own words: A concurrent resolution relating to the establishment of a Beauty Industry Law Task Force to complete a detailed review of the current laws to ensure alignment throughout the relevant statutes and administrative regulations.
- What is the status of HCR117?
- In committee as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HCR117?
- Pamela Stevenson (D, HD-043).
- Where is the official record for HCR117?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hcr117.html
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