republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1131.md

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Bill	Licensed estheticians and electrologists.	Amends the definition of "esthetician" to include certain services. Adds a definition for "microneedling". Requires a person who provides microneedling to provide the professional licensing agency proof of advanced training or certification at the agency's request. Provides that an applicant for an electrologist license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrologist license. Requires an applicant to complete a combined total of 600 hours of education and experience required under the rules adopted by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners (board) beginning July 1, 2027. Requires the board to amend the rules for electrology training in a beauty culture school not later than June 30, 2027.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1131	Indiana HB 1131 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Professional Licensing Agency (PLA)	enacted	Cory Criswell Linda Rogers Stacey Donato	4	19	2	2026-01-05	2026-02-24	openstates	ocd-bill/476dcf91-b757-47fb-ad82-843aac12771c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1131	5428594e0dfa380ba1202f8d9794bfd5e48058e5c87dbaa51be96236bb1913ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1131 (2026) — Licensed estheticians and electrologists.

Amends the definition of "esthetician" to include certain services. Adds a definition for "microneedling". Requires a person who provides microneedling to provide the professional licensing agency proof of advanced training or certification at the agency's request. Provides that an applicant for an electrologist license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrologist license. Requires an applicant to complete a combined total of 600 hours of education and experience required under the rules adopted by the state board of cosmetology and barber examiners (board) beginning July 1, 2027. Requires the board to amend the rules for electrology training in a beauty culture school not later than June 30, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1131 - Criswell - 3rd Reading — 88–1 (pass) · lower
• HB 1131 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 44–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cory Criswell — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
• Lindsay Patterson — coauthor (person)
• Sue Errington — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Coauthored by Representatives Teshka, Patterson
• 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Criswell
• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and Pensions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-15 Representative Errington added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-22 Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Donato
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 88, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Pensions and Labor reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 44, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-18 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-19 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-24 Public Law 24 became-law
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/476dcf91-b757-47fb-ad82-843aac12771c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).