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Senate Bill S6145

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology

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2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8018
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §408-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5839

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology.

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6145
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   domestic  violence  and  sexual  assault  awareness  training  for the
   licensing of nail  specialty,  natural  hair  styling,  esthetics  and
   cosmetology
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 408-b of the general business law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 71 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
 department  shall  [ensure  that]  REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF domestic
 violence and sexual assault awareness education courses [are made avail-
 able to] FOR all licensees and  applicants  for  a  license  or  renewal
 pursuant  to  this  article and that such courses are MADE AVAILABLE AND
 ARE offered through the department's website.   SUCH  COURSES  SHALL  BE
 AVAILABLE  IN  EACH  OF THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE STATE, OTHER
 THAN ENGLISH, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE  DATA  FROM  THE  UNITED
 STATES  CENSUS  BUREAU.  The department, in consultation with the office
 for the prevention of domestic violence and advocacy  groups  recognized
 by  the  federal  department of health and human services or the federal
 department of justice, which have the ability  to  coordinate  statewide
 and  with  local  communities  on  programming and educational materials
 related to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence or sexu-
 al assault in New York state, shall develop and provide access to domes-
 tic violence and sexual assault awareness education courses  appropriate
 for those licensed under this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10582-02-3

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