---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETICIANS TO INCLUDE WORKING WITH TEXTURED HAIR."
description: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETICIANS TO INCLUDE WORKING WITH TEXTURED HAIR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Connecticut SB 178 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barbers", "Hairdressers and cosmeticians", "Occupational training", "Public Health", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aundre Bumgardner", "David Michel", "Derell Wilson", "Emmanuel Sanchez", "Fred Gee", "Geraldo C. Reyes", "Hubert D. Delany", "James Sanchez", "Matt Blumenthal", "Patricia Billie Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac7ee379-e68d-40d1-9a4d-737247e04269"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "6da3edd670b2590c10d3898801b6dace5a3296bdc14fc1a8a5f45a56f234d543"
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-ct"]
---

# Connecticut SB 178 (2024) — AN ACT REQUIRING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETICIANS TO INCLUDE WORKING WITH TEXTURED HAIR.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00178-R000010-FC.PDF)
2. **PH Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00178-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-53** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00053-R00SB-00178-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00178-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- Senate Roll Call Vote — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- House Roll Call Vote — **128–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aundre Bumgardner — primary (person)
- David Michel — primary (person)
- Derell Wilson — primary (person)
- Emmanuel Sanchez — primary (person)
- Fred Gee — primary (person)
- Geraldo C. Reyes — primary (person)
- Hubert D. Delany — primary (person)
- James Sanchez — primary (person)
- Matt Blumenthal — primary (person)
- Patricia Billie Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** PUBLIC HEARING 0226
- **2024-03-04** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-06** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/11/24 `referral`
- **2024-03-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-03-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 29
- **2024-03-12** FILE NO. 10
- **2024-04-10** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-11** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 320
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 24-53
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** 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/ac7ee379-e68d-40d1-9a4d-737247e04269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).