S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing
owners of mobile barber shops to obtain barber shop owner's licenses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 430 of the general business law, as added by chap-
ter 801 of the laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows:
§ 430. Purpose of article. The need for technical skill, training and
experience, good health, good moral character and other fundamental
qualities and qualifications in persons engaged in the practice of
barbering, as herein defined, having been unquestionably established and
demonstrated and in order to safeguard the health of the persons who
patronize the barber shops of our state [and because of the evils
connected with itinerant barbers and barber shops and because of the
inadequacy of local regulation, it]. IT is the purpose of the legisla-
ture, in enacting this article, to safeguard and protect the barbers of
this state [from the evils of itinerant barbers and barber shops] and to
safeguard and protect the lives, health and well being of those persons
who patronize the barber shops of our state by making adequate provision
for the examination, licensing and regulation of the barber shops and
the barbers and apprentices to whom such persons submit themselves for
barber work.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 438 of the general business law, as
added by chapter 801 of the laws of 1946, is amended to read as follows:
2. [The establishment of itinerant shops is hereby prohibited and the
maintenance of a bona fide establishment with a permanent and definite
location shall be a prerequisite for the issuance of a barber shop
owner's license] AN APPLICANT MAY OBTAIN A BARBER SHOP OWNER'S LICENSE
TO OPERATE A MOBILE BARBER SHOP PROVIDED THAT SUCH APPLICANT CAN DEMON-
STRATE:
(A) PROOF OF TITLE AND POSSESSION, OR LEASE AND POSSESSION, OF THE
VEHICLE TO BE USED TO OPERATE THE MOBILE BARBER SHOP;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(B) PROOF OF VALID VEHICLE REGISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
VEHICLES FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE USED TO OPERATE THE MOBILE BARBER SHOP;
(C) PROOF OF VALID NEW YORK DRIVER'S LICENSE WHICH AUTHORIZES THE
DRIVER TO OPERATE A VEHICLE OF THE CLASS OF THE VEHICLE TO BE USED TO
OPERATE THE MOBILE BARBER SHOP;
(D) PROOF OF PROPER LAYOUT AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
(E) PROOF THAT ANY EQUIPMENT OR TOOLS USED BY ANY MOBILE BARBER SHOP
ARE APPROPRIATELY MAINTAINED AND MEET ALL HEALTH, SAFETY AND SANITARY
REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE LOCAL AND STATE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS;
(F) PROOF THAT SUCH MOBILE BARBER SHOP VEHICLE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH
APPROPRIATE LOCAL AND STATE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS; AND
(G) SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.