CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1017
Chapter 55, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
COSMETOLOGISTS, HAIR DESIGNERS, BARBERS, MANICURISTS, AND ESTHETICIANS—EXAMINATIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House January 25, 2023
  Yeas 96  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 31, 2023
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1017 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 13, 2023 9:10 AM
FILED
April 13, 2023
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1017
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Ryu, Leavitt, Chambers, Simmons, Jacobsen, Reed, Graham, Lekanoff, Caldier, Timmons, Reeves, Tharinger, Springer, Thai, Santos, and Riccelli
Prefiled 12/07/22.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on Consumer Protection & Business.
AN ACT Relating to expediting licensure for cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians; and amending RCW 18.16.090.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.16.090 and 2003 c 400 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
Examinations for licensure under this chapter shall be conducted at such times and places as the director determines appropriate. Examinations shall consist of tests designed to reasonably measure the applicant's knowledge of safe and sanitary practices and may also include the applicant's knowledge of this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The director may establish by rule a performance examination in addition to any other examination. The director shall establish by rule the minimum passing score for all examinations and the requirements for reexamination of applicants who fail the examination or examinations. The director may allow an independent person to conduct the examinations at the expense of the applicants.
The director shall take steps to ensure that after completion of the required course or apprenticeship program, applicants may promptly take the examination and receive the results of the examination. The director may allow an applicant to register for or take an examination before the applicant has completed the required hours of course instruction, if the applicant is within 100 hours of completion, but the applicant must complete the required hours of course instruction before licensure.
Passed by the House January 25, 2023.
Passed by the Senate March 31, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 13, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 13, 2023.
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