---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cosmetology apprenticeships."
description: "Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology may take the cosmetologist licensure examination and, upon passage of the examination, practice as a cosmetologist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1135"
citation: "Indiana HB 1135 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Cosmetology and Barber", "SCHOOLS; Vocational Education (Including Apprenticeships and Workforce Training)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Linda Rogers", "Randy Maxwell", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/415afcb0-6944-4103-b6d3-4fc34ecf9a1d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1135"
source_hash: "22dc23d29435929cc9c0cd5d47e188e117f6784adf2aaaa82ddac706bb927e0b"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1135 (2024) — Cosmetology apprenticeships.

Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology may take the cosmetologist licensure examination and, upon passage of the examination, practice as a cosmetologist.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.07.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.04.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.08.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.03.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.06.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1135/HB1135.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1135 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- HB 1135 - Wesco — **66–27** (pass) · lower
- HB 1135 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **74–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Randy Maxwell — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Brian Buchanan — cosponsor (person)
- Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
- Dan Dernulc — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Greg Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Gaskill — cosponsor (person)
- Spencer Deery — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2024-01-16** Representatives Pfaff and Criswell C added as coauthors
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Representative Miller D added as coauthor
- **2024-01-30** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Amendment #1 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
- **2024-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 74, nays 22 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Maxwell added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment #2 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senators Buchanan, Deery, Gaskill added as cosponsors
- **2024-02-29** Senator Raatz added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 31, nays 18 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Senators Walker G, Donato, Dernulc added as cosponsors
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 277: yeas 66, nays 27
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Public Law 82 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/415afcb0-6944-4103-b6d3-4fc34ecf9a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).