---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, providing for salon area."
description: "An Act amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, providing for salon area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 1287"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1287 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scavello"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2090a6dc-9039-4931-84f7-d994293f226a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2021&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1287"
source_hash: "f8effec26ff661848d27b3f7fffbde688b15ec9a343a82542eef0746e36b6053"
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-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 1287 (2021-2022) — An Act amending the act of May 3, 1933 (P.L.242, No.86), referred to as the Cosmetology Law, providing for salon area.

## Version chain

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

1. **Printer's No. 1768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1287&pn=1768)
2. **Printer's No. 1814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1287&pn=1814)

## Votes

- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE): Reported as Amended A05040 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1287 PN 1814, Final Passage — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **195–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scavello — primary (person)
- Gordner — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1768 Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1814 Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-07-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE `referral-committee`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2022-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2022-09-13T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2022-09-14T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2022-10-25T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-03T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 164 of 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2090a6dc-9039-4931-84f7-d994293f226a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).