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Bill	Barbering and cosmetology.	Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, and electrolysis by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Existing law also requires any person, firm, or corporation operating an establishment where any activity licensed under the act is practiced to apply to the board for a license. Existing law requires protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Under existing law, whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public is required to be paramount.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1044	California SB 1044 (20152016)	bill	Barbering and cosmetology.	enacted	Nguyen	7	25	6	2016-02-12	2016-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/42505f40-4e4f-4be5-a14a-0af5362b67b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1044	89441a05bd4072372c53d4e02a7f6d32487c2c61b1acdf939072fe81f92c5c1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1044 (20152016) — Barbering and cosmetology.

Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practices of barbering, cosmetology, and electrolysis by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. Existing law also requires any person, firm, or corporation operating an establishment where any activity licensed under the act is practiced to apply to the board for a license. Existing law requires protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Under existing law, whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public is required to be paramount.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1044 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1044 Nguyen Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB1044 Nguyen Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nguyen — primary (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3591.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2016-05-09 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3845.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5719.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-10 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4880.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42505f40-4e4f-4be5-a14a-0af5362b67b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).