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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky House Bill 374 Modifies Licensing Requirements and Training for Barbers and Cosmetologists
Last action · January 22, 2026: to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)Sponsor: Stephanie Dietz
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky House Bill 374 updates licensing statutes for barbers and cosmetologists, requiring up to one hour of domestic violence recognition and referral training for license applicants and establishing civil and criminal liability protections for licensees who respond or fail to respond to signs of domestic violence. The bill also establishes new permits for threading, eyelash artistry, makeup artistry, and temporary event services, while setting out revised salon management and license renewal rules.
Licensed barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, and nail technicians must complete domestic violence awareness training, while beauty salon owners face updated management and leasing rules, and practitioners gain access to new specialty permits.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Barbers and Cosmetologists
License applicants must complete domestic violence training, and practitioners gain access to new specialty permits while remaining subject to updated renewal and salon management rules.
Beauty Salon Owners
Owners who are not licensed practitioners must maintain a licensed manager at all times to lease space to independent contractors and must submit forms and fees upon ownership or location changes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What new training is required for barber and cosmetology license applicants?
Are licensees held liable if they choose not to intervene or refer a client regarding domestic violence?
What new specialty permits are created under the bill?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeto Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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