SB 1274 Summary

• Reduces architect positions on the State Board of Technical Registration from two to one and professional engineer positions from three to one, while increasing public members from one to six.

• Restructures the Board of Barbers to require two members from barbers/barber school/shop owners (appointed under different categories) and increases public members from two to three.

• Reorganizes the Board of Cosmetology to consolidate cosmetologists, nail technicians, instructors, and school owners into a single category of three practitioners and increases public members from two to four.

• Reduces licensed funeral directors/embalmers on the State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers from four to three positions and increases public members from three to four.

• Reduces massage therapists on the Board of Massage Therapy from three to two and increases public members from two to three, with at least one public member required to work on human trafficking prevention programs.

• Allows current board members to serve until expiration of their existing terms before new appointment requirements take effect.