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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to licensed professionals."
description: "Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove the requirement that a licensed cosmetologist serve as the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology; amend KRS 317A.100 to allow reciprocal licensure for an applicant from a United States territory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2025RS"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Kentucky SB 22 (2025RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barbers and Cosmetologists", "Boards and Commissions", "Licensing", "Occupations and Professions", "United States"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515e972e-e477-4bbb-9430-f30df21d4946"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/sb22.html"
source_hash: "76b6d41d87807cd8e07608e11e24a206fe2a89d64c52418d2cb2a953f95b0258"
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-ky"]
---
# Kentucky SB 22 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to licensed professionals.
Amend KRS 317.570 and 317A.120 to allow barber and cosmetology license applicants to retake the failed portion of an examination one month after receiving actual notice of the failure; enable cosmetologist and esthetician applicants to retake any examination an unlimited number of times; amend KRS 317A.020 to allow a penalty more severe than a warning notice to be issued if a licensee knowingly employs or utilizes an unlicensed nail technician; amend KRS 317A.040 to remove the requirement that a licensed cosmetologist serve as the executive director of the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology; amend KRS 317A.100 to allow reciprocal licensure for an applicant from a United States territory.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb22/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/25RS/documents/0068.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/sb22/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage SB 22 W/ hcs1 — **360** (pass) · upper
- Pass — **852** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 22 W/ scs1 sfa1 — **352** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing & Occupations (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, February 27, 2025
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 35-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 85-2 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** passed 36-0 `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 68) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/515e972e-e477-4bbb-9430-f30df21d4946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).