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LouisianaHB 3262025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

COSMETOLOGY/BOARD: Provides relative to the Louisiana Cosmetology Act (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican)

Signed by Governor

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International AffairsCommerce

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Registration and permit fees for beauty businesses

Cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists, teachers, instructors, and managers pay $35 for initial registration and each annual renewal. Salon, mobile-salon, and home-care operators pay $55 for initial registration and annual renewal. Initial salon, mobile-salon, or booth-rental inspections cost $50; booth-rental, special, and temporary permits also cost $50. Cosmetology schools pay $340 for initial registration, $190 to renew, and an added $175 penalty for late renewal. These fees replace the prior listed resident and nonresident rates.

New membership rules for Louisiana's cosmetology board

Louisiana's eight-member cosmetology board remains governor-appointed, with at least one member from each congressional district. It must include someone mainly practicing cosmetology, exactly one registered esthetician, and exactly one registered manicurist. Registered cosmetologists, estheticians, and manicurists qualify with at least five years of active work in their field before appointment. Other eligible members include certified salon or beauty-shop owners, Louisiana cosmetology teachers or instructors, and accredited-school owners with over five years of ownership. No more than four members can have school ties through ownership, employment, contracts, or an immediate family member's ownership. Members must not vote on matters that would violate state ethics law. The law removes the rule that members serve at the governor's pleasure, without specifying replacement terms.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Rhonda Gaye Butler

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 346 • No: 19

Senate vote • 6/12/2025

Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays.

Yes: 33 • No: 3

House vote • 6/11/2025

Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 88, nays 1. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.

Yes: 88 • No: 1

House vote • 6/4/2025

Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending.

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/3/2025

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 30 • No: 6

House vote • 4/28/2025

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 9. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 83 • No: 9

House vote • 4/22/2025

Reported with amendments

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 355.

    6/20/2025House

  2. Effective date: 06/20/2025.

    6/20/2025House

  3. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 33 yeas and 3 nays.

    6/12/2025Senate

  4. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

    6/12/2025House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    6/12/2025House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    6/12/2025Senate

  7. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

    6/12/2025House

  8. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

    6/11/2025House

  9. Conference committee report received.

    6/11/2025Senate

  10. Rules suspended.

    6/11/2025House

  11. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 88, nays 1. Having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the Conference Committee Report was adopted.

    6/11/2025House

  12. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

    6/11/2025Senate

  13. Notice of change in House conferees: Butler,Davis, Echols.

    6/10/2025House

  14. Notice of change in House Conference Committee membership.

    6/10/2025Senate

  15. Senate conference committee members appointed: Barrow, Mizell, and Wheat.

    6/9/2025Senate

  16. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

    6/9/2025House

  17. Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Senate amendments, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, were rejected. Conference committee appointment pending.

    6/4/2025House

  18. Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.

    6/4/2025Senate

  19. House conferees appointed: Butler, Deshotel, and Echols.

    6/4/2025House

  20. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

    6/4/2025Senate

  21. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 6 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    6/3/2025Senate

  22. Received from the Senate with amendments.

    6/3/2025House

  23. Scheduled for concurrence on 06/04/2025.

    6/3/2025House

  24. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    6/2/2025Senate

  25. Reported favorably. Rules suspended. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    6/1/2025Senate

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