Keeping Law SimpleLegislation, clearly explained
Back to Alaska
Alaska2026Passed Legislature

HB243

Changes to Barber and Hairdresser Board Rules

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 12:25 AM

In one sentence

This law updates the duties of the state board that oversees barbers, hairdressers, manicurists, estheticians, tattoo artists, piercing shops, and braiders.

What it does

  • Requires the board to examine applicants before authorizing license issuance for practitioners and schools.
  • Directs the board to create written notices about rules that shop owners must give or display regarding tattooing, body piercing, and permanent cosmetic coloring.
  • Expands enforcement duties to include hair braiding in addition to barbering, manicuring, esthetics, hairdressing, tattooing, body piercing, and permanent cosmetic coloring.
  • Allows the board to ask state agencies to investigate complaints or problems at shops and schools involved in these fields.
  • Sets a 12-hour limit on required health and safety training for manicuring school students.

Who it affects

  • The Board of Barbers and Hairdressers
  • Barbering, hairdressing, braiding, manicuring, esthetics, tattooing, piercing, and permanent cosmetic coloring schools
  • Practitioners who work in the listed beauty and body art fields

Limits and unknowns

  • This law does not change how much money people must pay for their licenses.
  • The text does not explain what happens if a school or person breaks these new rules beyond holding hearings.
  • The specific content of the written notices for tattoo and piercing shops is not listed in this bill.

Plain language

Terms to know

Board of Barbers and Hairdressers
The state group that examines applicants, creates rules, and enforces laws for hair, nails, tattoos, piercings, and braiding.
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
The government agency authorized by the board to issue licenses and permits after approval.

Official record

Sources

Validated
Official bill pageIntroduced textCurrent bill textStored full record

Official summary

BARBERS & HAIRDRESSERS BD LICENSING An Act relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Barbers and Hairdressers and the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/3/263160
  2. (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 6/30 CH 43 SLA 263160
  3. (H) 3:10 P.M. 6/15/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR3095
  4. (S) VERSION: HB 2432841
  5. (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT2841
  6. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2841
  7. (S) PASSED Y20 N-2841
  8. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 2432841
  9. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC2841
  10. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME2841
  11. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/20/20262841
  12. (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)2566
  13. (S) NR: DUNBAR2566
  14. (S) DP: BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON2566
  15. (S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR2566
  16. (S) Moved HB 243 Out of CommitteeText
  17. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  18. (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --Text
  19. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  20. (S) L&C2091