# Nevada AB371: AN ACT relating to cosmetology; enacting the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; providing cosmetologists practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as persons who are licensed cosmetologists in this State; authorizing the sharing of certain information with a data system created by the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Nevada AB371, AN ACT relating to cosmetology; enacting the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; providing cosmetologists practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as persons who are licensed cosmetologists in this State; authorizing the sharing of certain information with a data system created by the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto., is a 83rd Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Selena Torres-Fossett (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-06-03 ((No further action taken.)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Nevada AB371
- State: Nevada
- Session: 83rd Regular Session (2025)
- Title: AN ACT relating to cosmetology; enacting the Cosmetology Licensure Compact; providing cosmetologists practicing in this State under the Compact with the same legal status as persons who are licensed cosmetologists in this State; authorizing the sharing of certain information with a data system created by the Compact; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Last action: 2025-06-03, (No further action taken.)
- Sponsor: Selena Torres-Fossett (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: BDR 54-835
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Cosmetologists gain wider access with license fees: mixed, medium. The law lets eligible cosmetologists use one multistate license to work in participating states without separate licenses in each. Nevada's start date is October 1, 2025; the interstate agreement takes effect when the seventh state enacts it. Applicants need an active, unrestricted license in their…
- Cosmetology records shared but public access limited: mixed, low. Nevada's cosmetology board shares license actions and certain investigation records through the Compact's shared data system. Beginning October 1, 2025, complaint and investigation confidentiality rules allow sharing required by the Compact; existing exceptions still apply. Investigation details ar…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Selena Torres-Fossett (Democratic), House

## Actions (8)

- 2025-06-03: (No further action taken.) (House)
- 2025-03-26: Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To committee. (House)
- 2025-03-26: Taken from General File. (House)
- 2025-03-26: Read second time. (House)
- 2025-03-25: From committee: Do pass. (House)
- 2025-03-24: Notice of eligibility for exemption. (House)
- 2025-03-07: From printer. To committee. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer. (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB371.pdf)

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## Sources
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB371.pdf)

## Related
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- [AB259: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting certain actions related to pricing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB259-83rd2025)
- [AB188: AN ACT relating to the Public Employees' Benefits Program; requiring the Board…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB188-83rd2025)
- [SB217: AN ACT relating to health care; prohibiting a governmental entity from substant…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-SB217-83rd2025)
- [AB499: AN ACT relating to elections; requiring, with certain exceptions, a registered…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB499-83rd2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NV-AB371-83rd2025 (as of 2026-11-01).