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the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board

the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board

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Sponsor
Representatives J. Jacobson, Prado, Tenorio and Sinicki, cosponsored by Senator L. Johnson
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Regulatory Licensing Reform
Effective date
Not listed

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the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board

the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board Status: A - Regulatory Licensing Reform

What This Bill Does

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-02-26 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives J. Jacobson , Prado , Tenorio and Sinicki ; cosponsored by Senator L. Johnson

  4. 2026-02-26 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

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the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board
Status: A - Regulatory Licensing Reform

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1046
February 26, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
J. Jacobson
,
Prado
,
Tenorio
and
Sinicki
, cosponsored by Senator
L. Johnson
. Referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
AB1046,1,2
1
An Act

to amend
15.405 (17) of the statutes;
relating to:
the membership of
2
the Cosmetology Examining Board.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Cosmetology Examining Board, which licenses and regulates cosmetologists, aestheticians, electrologists, and manicurists, consists of nine members, including two representatives of cosmetology schools, four members who are licensed either as aestheticians or cosmetologists, one member who is licensed as an electrologist, and two public members. This bill adds a licensed manicurist to the membership of the board and removes one public member.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1046,1
3
Section
1
.
15.405 (17) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1046,2,7
4
15.405
(17)

Cosmetology examining board.
There is created a cosmetology
5
examining board in the department of safety and professional services. The
6
cosmetology examining board shall consist of 9 members appointed for 4-year
1
terms. Four members shall be licensed aestheticians or cosmetologists,
2 members

2
one member
shall be
a
public
members

member
, one member shall be a
3
representative of a private school of cosmetology, one member shall be a
4
representative of a public school of cosmetology
and
,
one member shall be a licensed
5
electrologist
, and one member shall be a licensed manicurist
. No more than 4
6
members may be connected with or have any financial interest in a cosmetology
7
school.
AB1046,2
8
Section
2
. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB1046,2,16
9
(
1
) Notwithstanding s. 15.08 (1), the governor may provisionally appoint to
10
the cosmetology examining board the initial manicurist member authorized by this
11
act. That provisional appointment shall be in force until withdrawn by the
12
governor or acted upon by the senate and, if confirmed by the senate, shall continue
13
for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, of the member and until a successor
14
is chosen and qualifies. A provisional appointee may exercise all the powers and
15
duties of board membership to which the person is appointed during the time in
16
which the appointee qualifies.
AB1046,2,23
17
(
2
) A provisional appointment made under sub. (
1
) that is withdrawn by the
18
governor shall, upon withdrawal, lapse and create a vacancy for provisional
19
appointment of another initial manicurist member authorized by this act of the
20
cosmetology examining board. Any provisional appointment made under sub. (
1
)
21
that is rejected by the senate shall upon rejection lapse and create a vacancy for
22
nomination and appointment under s. 15.08 (1) of another initial manicurist
23
member authorized by this act.
AB1046,3,4
1
(
3
) Notwithstanding the length of terms specified for the members of the
2
cosmetology examining board under s. 15.405 (17), the initial manicurist member
3
authorized by this act appointed to the cosmetology examining board under this act
4
shall be appointed for a term expiring on July 1, 2028.
AB1046,3,5
5
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