AlaskaManicuring schools would offer 12 hours of approved safety training
Manicuring schools would need to offer 12 hours of approved health, safety, and hygiene training, and could not require students to complete more before course certification.
What it does
The board must authorize the state department to issue licenses and permits to practice barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, or esthetics, and licenses for schools that teach those trades.
The board may hold hearings and request investigations into people, shops, or schools involved in barbering and related trades, or in body piercing, tattooing, and permanent cosmetic coloring.
A manicuring school must offer 12 hours of board-approved training on health, safety, and hygiene concerns relevant to customers and practitioners. It may offer more, but cannot require more than 12 hours before certifying course completion.
Argument forManicuring students could complete required health and safety training sooner because schools could not require more than 12 hours before course certification.
Argument againstSchools might have less room to require extra health and safety training before certifying students, even if they offer more training.
More detail
The board must authorize the department to issue practice licenses and permits, and licenses for barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics schools. The licenses and permits are for practicing the listed trades; school licenses cover schools teaching barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics.
The board may hold hearings and ask state departments to investigate people, shops, or schools involved in the listed trades. The powers cover barbering, hairdressing, hair braiding, manicuring, and esthetics, as well as body piercing, tattooing, and permanent cosmetic coloring. The board may act on its own or after receiving a written complaint. For body piercing, tattooing, or permanent cosmetic coloring, the board may ask either the commerce department or the environmental conservation department to investigate.
The board must authorize a license for a manicuring school that offers 12 hours of board-approved training on relevant health, safety, and hygiene concerns. The training must address concerns relevant to manicuring customers and practitioners. A school may offer extra instruction, but it may not require students to complete more than 12 hours of the required training before certifying that they completed the manicuring course.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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History
- 2026
- Jul 3(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/3/26Latest
- Jul 3(H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/30 CHAPTER 43 SLA 26Major
- Jun 17(H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 Transmitted to GovernorTo Governor
- May 20(S) VERSION: HB 243
- Vote recorded (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2841. Result: pass.Upper
- May 20(S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT
- May 20(S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- May 20(S) PASSED Y20 N-Major
- May 20(S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 243Minor
- May 20(S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UCMinor
- May 20(S) READ THE SECOND TIMEMinor
- May 20(S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/2026
- May 11(S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- May 11(S) NR: DUNBAR
- May 11(S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
- May 11(S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR
- May 8(S) Moved HB 243 Out of Committee
- May 8(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- Apr 15(S) Minutes (SL&C)
- Apr 15(S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- Apr 15(S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- Mar 30(S) L&C
- Mar 30(S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALSMinor
- Mar 27(H) VERSION: HB 243
- Vote recorded (H) PASSED Y39 E1 #1975. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 27(H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)Passed Senate
- Mar 27(H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- Mar 27(H) PASSED Y39 E1Passed House
- Mar 27(H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 243Minor
- Mar 27(H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UCMinor
- Mar 27(H) READ THE SECOND TIMEMinor
- Mar 27(H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2026
- Feb 4(H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- Feb 4(H) DP: CARRICK, COULOMBE, FRIER, SADDLER, D.NELSON, FIELDS, HALL
- Feb 4(H) L&C RPT 7DP
- Feb 2(H) Minutes (HL&C)
- Feb 2(H) Moved HB 243 Out of Committee
- Feb 2(H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- Jan 26(H) Minutes (HL&C)
- Jan 26(H) Heard & Held
- Jan 26(H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- Jan 20(H) L&C
- Jan 20(H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALSMinor
- Jan 20(H) Prefile released 1/9/26Introduced
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