---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; employment prohibition, children 16 years of age or older."
description: "Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older. Allows children 16 years of age or older to serve in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, provided that (i) the child is an apprentice, (ii) the child is employed in a work-training program as provided by relevant law and in accordance with relevant regulations, or (iii) the child has obtained a cosmetology or barber license from the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. This bill is identical to SB 1228."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1667"
citation: "Virginia HB 1667 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3327e574-b232-4ba7-8f14-c5172ac4be83"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1667"
source_hash: "5bce0e437e68ea150dacddd573c037c9a83c51cd949cffc0e695a38a53f98650"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1667 (2025) — Barbers and Cosmetology, Board for; employment prohibition, children 16 years of age or older.

Board for Barbers and Cosmetology; employment prohibition exceptions; children 16 years of age or older. Allows children 16 years of age or older to serve in a licensed barbershop or cosmetology salon, provided that (i) the child is an apprentice, (ii) the child is employed in a work-training program as provided by relevant law and in accordance with relevant regulations, or (iii) the child has obtained a cosmetology or barber license from the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. This bill is identical to SB 1228.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012558.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071980.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025808.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042698.PDF)
5. **Labor and Commerce Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021632.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049969.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101438D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-21** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Labor and Commerce Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-01-24** Printed as engrossed 25101438D-E
- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1667)
- **2025-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05** Committee substitute printed 25106848D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1667)
- **2025-02-07** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-10** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1667ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1667)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3327e574-b232-4ba7-8f14-c5172ac4be83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).