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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 181 (Bonilla) - Professions and vocations:  barbering and  
          cosmetology
          
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          |Version: June 29, 2015          |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 9 -  |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 17, 2015   |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    |
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          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 181 would extend the operation of the California  
          State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology until January 1, 2020.  
          The bill would also require the Board to perform additional,  
          specified duties.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           No significant costs are anticipated due to the extension of  
            the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology  
            (Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund). Under current  
            law, the Board itself has a statutory sunset (including the  
            Board's authority to employ an executive officer). However,  
            the larger body of current law requiring licensure for barbers  
            and cosmetologists and authorizing the enforcement of those  
            laws does not have a statutory sunset. If this bill was not  
            enacted and the Board itself sunset, the overall regulatory  
            program would still existing within the Department of Consumer  







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            Affairs (less the costs associated with the Board itself).  
            Therefore, extending the sunset of the Board does not impose  
            any significant costs.

           One-time additional costs of about $510,000 in 2015-16 for  
            additional requirements imposed in the bill (Barbering and  
            Cosmetology Contingent Fund). Under the bill, the Board would  
            be require to review the existing 1,600 hour training  
            requirement for cosmetologists, conduct an occupational  
            analysis of the cosmetology profession, conduct a review of  
            the existing national written examination and California  
            practical examination for cosmetologists, and conduct a review  
            of the Spanish-language examination and curriculum.

           Ongoing costs of about $70,000 per year for issuing new  
            personal service permits (Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent  
            Fund).

           Unknown costs for enforcing licensing requirements relating to  
            the new personal service permit (Barbering and Cosmetology  
            Contingent Fund).

           Anticipated ongoing fee revenues of about $5 million per year  
            for new personal service permits (Barbering and Cosmetology  
            Contingent Fund). The Board anticipates that about 15% of  
            licensees will seek the new permit.


          Background:  Under current law, the practice of barbering, cosmetology, and  
          electrolysis are licensed and regulated by the California State  
          Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Current law sunsets the  
          operation of the Board, itself, on January 1, 2016. (There is no  
          statutory sunset on the larger licensing and regulation  
          program.)


          Proposed Law:  
            AB 181 would extend the operation of the California State  
          Board of Barbering and Cosmetology until January 1, 2020. The  
          bill would also require the Board to perform additional,  
          specified duties.
          Specific provisions of the bill would:
                 Extend the existing sunset on the Board until January 1,  
               2020;








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                 Require the Board to conduct a review of the current  
               1,600 hour training requirement for cosmetologists;
                 Require the Board to conduct an occupational analysis of  
               the cosmetology profession;
                 Require the Board to conduct a review of the existing  
               national written examination for cosmetologists and the  
               existing California-required practical examination for  
               cosmetologists;
                 Require the Board to conduct a review of the existing  
               Spanish-language examination and curriculum requirements;
                 Require the Board to adopt a protocol for inspecting  
               establishments when there is a language barrier between the  
               operator or employees and the inspector;
                 Require the Board to establish a Health and Safety  
               Advisory Committee;
                 Require the Board to issue regulations for issuing  
               personal service permits (for when licensed individuals  
               provide authorized services outside of an establishment);
                 Make other technical and clarifying changes to current  
               law.


          Related  
          Legislation:  This bill is one of many sunset review bills used  
          to reauthorize and make changes to licensing board and bureaus.


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