republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/hb-246.md

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Bill	Relating to the licensed practice of cosmetology; to provide and adopt the Cosmetology Licensure Compact to allow licensed cosmetologists to practice pursuant to a multistate license among compact states in a limited manner; to provide eligibility requirements for licensed cosmetologists to practice cosmetology pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated licensure information system, joint investigations, and disciplinary actions; to establish the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission; to provide for the membership, powers, duties, and rulemaking functions of the commission; and to provide for oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendments to the compact.	Cosmetology Licensure Compact, allows the practice of cosmetology by licensed cosmetologists among compact states	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	HB 246	Alabama HB 246 (2023rs)	bill	Cosmetology Licensure Compact	enacted	Kenneth Paschal	5	20	3	2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/31cd7327-7e16-4fa9-9eb1-04fb06fc730f	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	69ba5dffe451158dfa63bf6d16c07293e2c173feb82054faef4a5a5c8dfa1fbd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama HB 246 (2023rs) — Relating to the licensed practice of cosmetology; to provide and adopt the Cosmetology Licensure Compact to allow licensed cosmetologists to practice pursuant to a multistate license among compact states in a limited manner; to provide eligibility requirements for licensed cosmetologists to practice cosmetology pursuant to the compact; to provide for a coordinated licensure information system, joint investigations, and disciplinary actions; to establish the Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission; to provide for the membership, powers, duties, and rulemaking functions of the commission; and to provide for oversight of the compact, enforcement of the compact, default procedures, dispute resolution, withdrawal of compact states, and amendments to the compact.

Cosmetology Licensure Compact, allows the practice of cosmetology by licensed cosmetologists among compact states

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-488 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment ZZO5WW-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Boards, Agencies and Commissions Amendment VUBIVP-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the H for Vote 1000 on HB246 (2023 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 1287 on HB246 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 999 on HB246 (2023 Regular Session) — 102–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kenneth Paschal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (County and Municipal Government) committee-passage
• 2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (County and Municipal Government) referral-committee
• 2023-05-26T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) committee-passage
• 2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Boards, Agencies and Commissions) introduction, referral
• 2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-488 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31cd7327-7e16-4fa9-9eb1-04fb06fc730f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).