Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB515: Enacting the cosmetology licensure compact
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for a multistate license for cosmetologists, providing for criminal background checks for multistate licensure; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MULTISTATE LICENSE FOR COSMETOLOGISTS, PROVIDING FOR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR MULTISTATE LICENSURE; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Enactment -- provisions. The cosmetology licensure compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the safety of, cosmetology services and reducing unnecessary burdens related to cosmetology licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a regulatory framework that provides for a new multistate licensing program. Through this new licensing program, the member states seek to provide increased value and mobility to licensed cosmetologists in the member states, while ensuring the provision of safe, effective, and reliable services to the public. This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives, and the member states hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto: (1) provide opportunities for interstate practice by cosmetologists who meet uniform requirements for multistate licensure; (2) enhance the abilities of member states to protect public health and safety and to prevent fraud and unlicensed activity within the …
Sponsors
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Rule Making, Labor and Employment, Professions and Occupations A-D
Common questions
- What is SB515?
- SB515 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Enacting the cosmetology licensure compact.
- What does SB515 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing for a multistate license for cosmetologists, providing for criminal background checks for multistate licensure; providing definitions; and providing rulemaking authority.".
- What is the status of SB515?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB515?
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49).
- Where is the official record for SB515?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1569
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