# Alaska HB 243: BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING Alaska HB 243, BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING, is a 34th Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by CARRICK BY REQUEST; status became law, last action 2026-07-03 ((H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/3/26); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB243-34 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Alaska HB 243 - State: Alaska - Session: 34th Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-07-03, (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/3/26 - Sponsor: CARRICK BY REQUEST - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Stronger oversight of personal service workers: cost, medium. Effective immediately, Alaska's Board of Barbers and Hairdressers can deny, suspend, or revoke licenses and permits. This can block a person's ability to practice. The board can hold hearings on its own or after a written complaint and request investigations from the appropriate state department. O… - Manicuring schools face a 12-hour training rule: mixed, low. Effective immediately, the board examines applicants and authorizes Alaska's commerce department to issue practice licenses and permits. The department also issues licenses for barbering, hairdressing, manicuring, and esthetics schools with board authorization. To receive a license, a manicuring sc… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: CARRICK BY REQUEST ## Actions (46) - 2026-07-03: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/3/26 (House) - 2026-07-03: (H) LAW W/O GOVERNOR SIGNATURE 6/30 CHAPTER 43 SLA 26 (House) - 2026-06-17: (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR (House) - 2026-05-20: (S) VERSION: HB 243 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOVERNOR NEXT (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) PASSED Y20 N- (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 243 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) READ THE SECOND TIME (Senate) - 2026-05-20: (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) FN1: ZERO(CED) (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) NR: DUNBAR (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON (Senate) - 2026-05-11: (S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR (Senate) - 2026-05-08: (S) Moved HB 243 Out of Committee (Senate) - 2026-05-08: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2026-05-08: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-04-15: (S) Minutes (SL&C) (Senate) - 2026-04-15: (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change -- (Senate) - 2026-04-15: (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg) (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-03-30: (S) L&C (Senate) - 2026-03-30: (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (Senate) - 2026-03-27: (H) VERSION: HB 243 (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) PASSED Y39 E1 (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 243 (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) READ THE SECOND TIME (House) - 2026-03-27: (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2026 (House) - 2026-02-04: (H) FN1: ZERO(CED) (House) - 2026-02-04: (H) DP: CARRICK, COULOMBE, FRIER, SADDLER, D.NELSON, FIELDS, HALL (House) - 2026-02-04: (H) L&C RPT 7DP (House) - 2026-02-02: (H) Minutes (HL&C) (House) - 2026-02-02: (H) Moved HB 243 Out of Committee (House) - 2026-02-02: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124 (House) - 2026-02-02: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-01-26: (H) Minutes (HL&C) (House) - 2026-01-26: (H) Heard & Held (House) - 2026-01-26: (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124 (House) - 2026-01-26: Audio/Video (House) - 2026-01-20: (H) L&C (House) - 2026-01-20: (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS (House) - 2026-01-20: (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/9/26 (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled HB 243, 2026-05-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0243Z), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0243Z.PDF) - HB 243, 2026-01-20: [HTML](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0243A), [PDF](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0243A.PDF) ## Related bills - HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY (became law) - HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING (became law) - HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES (became law) - HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES (signed) - HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM (became law) - SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (became law) ## Sources - [Enrolled HB 243 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0243Z) - [Enrolled HB 243 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0243Z.PDF) - [HB 243 (HTML)](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=HB0243A) - [HB 243 (PDF)](https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/34/Bills/HB0243A.PDF) ## Related - [HB 239: CRIME/CNTRL SUBST/ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB239-34) - [HB 246: SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICE AGENCY FUNDING](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB246-34) - [HB 195: PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB195-34) - [HB 73: COMPLEX CARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB73-34) - [HB 28: EDU: SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/SCHOOL BD/LOAN PRGM](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB28-34) - [SB 178: EXPAND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-SB178-34) - [Alaska bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska/bills) - [Alaska state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/alaska) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AK-HB243-34 (as of 2026-11-04).