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LouisianaSB 542026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

ESTHETICIANS: Provides relative to esthetics. (8/1/26)

Sponsored By: Stewart Cathey Jr. (Republican)

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Easier entry into teaching cosmetology

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana removes a work requirement for people seeking a registered cosmetology teacher certificate. Applicants no longer need 12 months of active cosmetology practice before starting the instructor's course. They still need a cosmetology certificate and must pass the board's teacher exam. Other existing requirements remain in place.

Estheticians can add hair blow-drying services

Beginning August 1, 2026, Louisiana estheticians can blow-dry hair only when combined with an esthetics service. The law defines esthetics to include face or neck massage, eyebrow dyeing or trimming, and natural or artificial eyelash enhancements. It also includes hair removal using cosmetic products, threading, waxing, or similar methods. Skin services can cover the face, neck, arms, bust, upper body, legs, or feet. These include stimulating, cleansing, or beautifying skin by hand, mechanical or electrical devices, or cosmetic products. Microdermabrasion, epidermabrasion, and particle exfoliation are included when using board-approved equipment and methods. Esthetics excludes diagnosing or treating skin conditions, therapy for those conditions, and electrolysis hair removal.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Stewart Cathey Jr.

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Jeffrey "Jeff" Wiley

    Republican • House

  • Michael Charles Echols

    Republican • House

  • Michael Robert Bayham Jr.

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 138 • No: 0

House vote • 5/18/2026

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 95 • No: 0

House vote • 5/11/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/31/2026

Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes Act No. 599 without the Governor's signature.

    6/1/2026Senate

  2. Effective date 8/1/2026.

    6/1/2026Senate

  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/25/2026House

  4. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  5. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

    5/21/2026Senate

  6. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/18/2026.

    5/18/2026House

  7. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

    5/18/2026House

  8. Called from the calendar.

    5/18/2026House

  9. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

    5/18/2026House

  10. Received from the House with amendments.

    5/18/2026Senate

  11. Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.

    5/13/2026House

  12. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

    5/12/2026House

  13. Reported favorably (9-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/11/2026House

  14. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.

    4/1/2026House

  15. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    3/31/2026Senate

  16. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

    3/31/2026House

  17. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

    3/30/2026Senate

  18. Reported favorably.

    3/25/2026Senate

  19. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    3/9/2026Senate

  20. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

    2/18/2026Senate

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