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SB1563 • 2026

barbering and cosmetology board; continuation

SB1563 - barbering and cosmetology board; continuation

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Timothy "Tim" Dunn
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
House minority caucus
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on clarifying the requirements for barbering license applications and qualifications, only that it makes conforming changes.

Continuing the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board

This bill extends the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board's operation until July 1, 2034, and reduces several licensing fees.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board’s existence from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2034.
  • Reduces several licensing fee amounts for personal and establishment licenses.
  • Makes conforming changes to related statutes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board
  • Barbers, cosmetologists, and other professionals regulated by the board

Terms To Know

Board
Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board
Licensing fees
Fees paid to obtain or renew a license from the Board.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be saved by reducing licensing fees.
  • It is unclear if there are any fiscal impacts on the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: Amendment explanation prepared by Hayden Darst 3/2/2026 Bill Number: S.B.

  • Amendment explanation prepared by Hayden Darst 3/2/2026 Bill Number: S.B.
  • 1563 Dunn ADD COW Floor Amendment Reference to: Senate engrossed bill Amendment drafted by: Leg.
  • Council FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 1.
  • Decreases the statutory cap on fees that the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (Board) may set as follows: a) from $100 to $80, the onetime fee for application of an initial personal license; b) from $200 to $100, the onetime fee for application for a personal reciprocity or universal license; c) from $250 to $200, the application fee for an establishment license; d) from $100 to $80, the fee for a personal license renewal; e) from $150 to $100, the fee for a personal license delinquent renewal; f) from $100 to $80, the fee for an establishment license renewal; g) from $150 to $100, the fee for an establishment license delinquent renewal; h) from $500 to $400, the fee for a school license renewal; i) from $600 to $500, the fee for a school license delinquent renewal; and j) from $100 to $75, the fee for board-administered educational classes.
  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 House

    House minority caucus

  2. 2026-03-31 House

    House majority caucus

  3. 2026-03-30 House

    House consent calendar

  4. 2026-03-16 House

    House second read

  5. 2026-03-11 House

    House Rules: C&P

  6. 2026-03-11 House

    House Commerce: DP

  7. 2026-03-11 House

    House first read

  8. 2026-03-05 House

    Transmitted to House

  9. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Senate third read passed

  10. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Senate amended committee of the whole

  11. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  12. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  13. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Senate consent calendar

  14. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Senate second read

  15. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  16. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency: DP

  17. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1563 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1563

barbering and
cosmetology board; continuation

Purpose

Continues the
Arizona Barbering and Cosmetology Board (Board) for eight years. Adjusts the statutory
caps on fees issued by the Board.

Background

The Board was established in 2021 upon the consolidation
of the Arizona Board of Cosmetology and the Arizona Board of Barbers (
Laws 2021, Ch. 334
).
Originally established by the Legislature as the State Board of Barbers and
Cosmeticians in 1929, the practices of cosmetology and barbering were
subsequently regulated under two separate regulatory boards from 1935 until the
consolidation in 2021 (
Laws
1929, Ch. 76
; Laws 1935,
Ch.
51
and
Ch.
52
).

The Board
consists of the nine Governor-appointed members. Duties of the Board include:
1) adopting rules that are necessary for the proper conduct of barbering and
cosmetology;

2) administering and enforcing statutory and administrative regulations,
including investigations and taking disciplinary action; 3) when necessary,
inspecting the premises of any establishment or school during business hours;
and 4) making and maintaining records of its acts and proceedings, including
issuance, denial, renewal or revocation of a license or registration (
A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 3
).

The House of
Representatives Commerce Committee of Reference (COR) held a public meeting on
January 12, 2026, and the Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
COR held a public meeting on January 13, 2026, to review the Auditor General's
Performance Audit and Sunset Review Report, consider the Board's response to
the statutorily outlined sunset factors and receive public testimony. The House
of Representatives and Senate CORs recommended to the Legislature that the
Board implement the recommendations to the findings of the Auditor General's
2025 Performance Audit and Sunset Review Report and be continued for six years
until July 1, 2032 (
COR
Final Report
). The Board is statutorily set to terminate on July 1, 2026,
unless continued by the Legislature (
A.R.S.
� 41-3026.06
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

Board
Continuation

1.

Continues, retroactive to July 1, 2026, the Board until July 1, 2034.

2.

Repeals the Board on January 1, 2035.

Board
Fees

3.

Decreases
the statutory caps on fees that the Board may set as follows:

a)

from
$100 to $80, the onetime fee for application of an initial personal license;

b)

from
$200 to $100, the onetime fee for application for a personal reciprocity or
universal license;

c)

from
$250 to $200, the application fee for an establishment license;

d)

from
$100 to $80, the fee for a personal license renewal;

e)

from
$150 to $100, the fee for a personal license delinquent renewal;

f)

from
$100 to $80, the fee for an establishment license renewal;

g)

from
$150 to $100, the fee for an establishment license delinquent renewal;

h)

from
$500 to $400, the fee for a school license renewal;

i)

from
$600 to $500, the fee for a school license delinquent renewal; and

j)

from
$100 to $75, the fee for Board-administered educational classes.

4.

Specifies that the fee cap on an application for an establishment
license includes a change of name or location.

5.

Eliminates the separate fee cap of $150 for an establishment license
after a change of location.

6.

Specifies that the fee cap on an application for a school license
includes a change of name.

7.

Specifies that the Board may establish and collect delinquent penalties
for each year or portion of a year for which the license was expired, rather
than inactive.

Miscellaneous

8.

Makes clarifying changes to the statute governing barbering licensure
applications and qualifications.

9.

Contains a purpose statement.

10.

Makes
conforming changes.

11.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date, with a retroactive provision as noted.

Amendments Adopted by Additional
Committee of the Whole

1.

Decreases certain statutory caps on fees that the Board may set.

2.

Specifies that the fee cap on an application for an establishment
license includes a change of name or location.

3.

Eliminates the separate fee cap of $150 for an establishment license
after a change of location.

4.

Specifies that the fee cap on an application for a school license
includes a change of name.

5.

Specifies that the Board may establish and collect delinquent penalties
for each year or portion of a year for which the license was expired, rather
than inactive.

6.

Makes clarifying changes to the statute governing barbering licensure
applications and qualifications.

7.

Makes conforming changes.

Senate Action

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Current Bill Text

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SB1563 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

barbering and
cosmetology board; continuation

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1563

AN
ACT

amending section 32-507, Arizona
Revised Statutes; Repealing section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised Statutes;
amending title 32, chapter 5, ARTICLE 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding a
new section 32-512.02; Repealing section 41-3026.06, Arizona
Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes, by adding section 41-3034.06; Relating to the barbering and
cosmetology board.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-507, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
32-507.

Fees

A. The board shall establish and collect fees not to
exceed the following:

1. Application for initial personal license, a
onetime fee of
$100

$80
.

2. Application for personal reciprocity or universal
license, a onetime fee of
$200

$100
.

3. Application for establishment license, including
change of

name, change of
ownership

and change of location
,
$250

$200
.

4. Application for school license and initial
inspection fee, including change of
name, change of
ownership
and change of location, $1,000.

5. Application for certification of licensure or
hours, $30.

6. Personal license renewal,
$100

$80
to be paid once every two years pursuant to section
32-517 or 32-535.

7. Personal license delinquent renewal,
$150

$100
.

8. Establishment license after a
change of location, $150.

9.

8.
Establishment license renewal,
$100

$80
.

10.

9.
Establishment
license delinquent renewal,
$150

$100
.

11.

10.
School license renewal,
$500

$400
.

12.

11.
School license delinquent renewal,
$600

$500
.

13.

12.
Delinquent penalties for each year or portion of
a year for which the license was
inactive

expired
.

14.

13.
Computer printouts of names of licensees, up to
$.10 per name.

15.

14.
Duplicate license, $30.

16.

15.
Dishonored checks, $20.

17.

16.
Copying charges, $1 per page. For
audiotapes, videotapes, computer discs or other mediums used for recording
sounds, images or information, $15 per tape, disc or other medium.

18.

17.
Board-administered educational classes,
$100

$75
.

19.

18.
Service charges for persons who pay with
alternative payment methods, including credit cards, charge cards, debit cards
and electronic transfers, not to exceed the cost of the alternative payment
method.

20.

19.
Eyelash technician registration, an amount to be
determined by the board.

21.

20.
Eyelash technician registration renewal, an
amount to be determined by the board.

22.

21.
Eyelash technician registration delinquent
renewal, an amount to be determined by the board.

B. The board may
charge additional fees for:

1. Documents and
publications provided by the board.

2. Services that the board deems appropriate to
carry out its intent and purpose. These additional fees shall not exceed the
costs of rendering the services.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Repeal

Section 32-512.02, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 3. Title 32, chapter 5, article 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section 32-512.02, to read:

START_STATUTE
32-512.02.

Barbers; licensure; applications; qualifications

a. A person is entitled to receive a
barber license if the person does all of the following:

1. Submits to the BOARD an
application for a barber license on a form supplied by the board.

2. Either:

(
a
) Submits
satisfactory evidence that the person is at least sixteen years old and has
completed and received appropriate credits for at least two years of high
school education or its equivalent as prescribed in rules adopted by the board.

(
b
) Submits to
the board satisfactory evidence that the person is at least eighteen years of
age.

3. Submits to the board satisfactory
evidence that the person meets any of the following:

(
a
) Graduated
from a barbering school in another state or country that had substantially the
same requirements for schools licensed by the board at the time of the person's
graduation.

(
b
) Completed a
barbering course consisting of at least one thousand two hundred hours of
training in a school licensed by the board.

(
c
) completed a
united states department of labor-approved or a department of economic
security-approved apprenticeship program in barbering that includes at
least two hundred fifty hours of infection protection law review
instruction. The person shall complete the instruction required by
this subdivision through either:

(
i
) a school
that is licensed by the board or a school or program in another state that has,
in the board's opinion, licensure requirements that are substantially
equivalent to the requirements of this state.

(
ii
) a
department of economic security-approved apprenticeship program.

4. Pays the prescribed fees for a
barber license.

5. Passes the examinations for a
barber license.

b. Notwithstanding subsection a,
paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section, an applicant for a barber license who holds
a cosmetologist license or a hairstylist license issued pursuant to this
chapter shall complete a two hundred-hour course consisting of barbering
techniques in a school licensed by the board.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 4.
Repeal

Section 41-3026.06, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is repealed.

Sec. 5. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3034.06, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-3034.06.

Barbering and cosmetology board; termination July 1, 2034

A. The barbering and cosmetology
board terminates on July 1, 2034.

B. Title 32, chapter 5 and this
section are repealed on JANUARY 1, 2035.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 6.
Purpose

Pursuant to section 41-2955,
subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the barbering
and cosmetology board to ensure the public is protected from the incompetent
practice of barbering and cosmetology by establishing minimum qualifications
for entry into these professions and swift and effective discipline for those
practitioners who violate barbering or cosmetology statutes or rules adopted
pursuant to those statutes.

Sec. 7.
Retroactivity

Sections
4 and 5 of this act apply retroactively to from and after
July 1, 2026.