---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beauty apprenticeships."
description: "Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for barbers or manicurists is eligible to take the licensure examination of the applicable profession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1320"
citation: "Indiana HB 1320 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Labor (DOL)", "AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Cosmetology and Barber", "SCHOOLS; Vocational Education (Including Apprenticeships and Workforce Training)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Niezgodski", "Linda Rogers", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0b11330-d3b7-48ab-a093-3b0e322e3c1f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1320"
source_hash: "5dd53dca27c22da0a4267a3aef811cea1dae65e9549f2d0f8ef54d4d73eb1c09"
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 1320 (2025) — Beauty apprenticeships.

Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for barbers or manicurists is eligible to take the licensure examination of the applicable profession.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1320/HB1320.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1320/HB1320.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1320/HB1320.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1320/HB1320.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1320 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- HB 1320 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **87–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Niezgodski — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
- Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Bauer — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Coauthored by Representatives Bauer M and Criswell
- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Representative Lauer added as coauthor
- **2025-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 87, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senator Niezgodski added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Senator Goode added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 250: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-03** Public Law 35 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0b11330-d3b7-48ab-a093-3b0e322e3c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).