HB 5819 Summary

• Repeals Articles 11 and 12 of the Occupational Code, eliminating individual licensing requirements for barbers and cosmetologists effective 90 days after enactment.

• Removes barber and cosmetology board member term commencement dates from Section 303a's table of occupations.

• Removes barbers and cosmetologists from Section 411's exemption list regarding the 90-day licensing issuance timeline, making them subject to standard processing procedures.

• Removes references to barber colleges and schools of cosmetology from Section 601's prohibition on operating unlicensed educational institutions.

• Adds clarifying language to Section 601 referencing the skilled trades regulation act (2016 PA 407) for activities regulated under that statute.