---
type: "Bill"
title: "cosmetology; licensing exceptions"
description: "cosmetology; licensing exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1401"
citation: "Arizona SB 1401 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COSMETOLOGY", "EXCEPTIONS", "HAIRSTYLISTS", "LICENSING", "PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS - TITLE 32"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Ugenti-Rita"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92cf6c50-b152-41cd-b244-930b73ae7077"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72051?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "f9b216c12b78977dcce05ca1f9d8f66e4f6a24e8fb33b968b2a1508bd594fd65"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1401 (54th-1st-regular) — cosmetology; licensing exceptions

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0096.htm)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1401P.htm)
3. **SENATE - Pace flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/adopted/S.1401PACE1109.docx.htm)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SB1401S.htm)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- retained — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **31–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** dpa `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to house
- **2019-02-28** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** dp `passage`
- **2019-04-09** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-01** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-04-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92cf6c50-b152-41cd-b244-930b73ae7077`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).