---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to regulate cosmetology and barber professions."
description: "Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to regulate cosmetology and barber professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 313"
citation: "Mississippi HB 313 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business and Commerce", "Public Health and Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf29720-e8ee-40fc-9297-961c5ea40d0a"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/House_authors/Newman.xml"
source_hash: "f300ac0ed4a2ebff8ef7882536fee6382bc2b15f97aa38c4ed70b2225558e325"
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-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 313 (2024) — Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to regulate cosmetology and barber professions.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0313IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0313_S_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0313_S_Amend_02.pdf)
4. **Amendment No 3 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/HB0313_S_Amend_03.pdf)
5. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0313.pdf)
6. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0313PS.htm)
7. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0313CS.htm)
8. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0313SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **111–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Business and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2024-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2024-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Approved 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/dbf29720-e8ee-40fc-9297-961c5ea40d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).