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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 323
July 8, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Goeben
,
Brill
,
Franklin
,
Johnson
,
Kreibich
,
Knodl
,
Murphy
,
O'Connor
,
Prado
and
Snodgrass
, cosponsored by Senator
Jacque
. Referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
AB323,1,7
1
An Act
to renumber and amend
454.04 (1) (a), 454.04 (1) (b), 454.04 (1) (d)
2
and 454.06 (8m) (a);
to amend
454.04 (2) (a), 454.04 (2) (b), 454.04 (2) (d),
3
454.06 (8), 454.125 (1), 454.15 (2) (intro.), 454.20 (10) and 454.22 (2);
to create
4
14.837, 440.03 (11m) (c) 2rm., 454.01 (4), 454.01 (6), 454.01 (14g), 454.01 (14r),
5
454.04 (1) (a) 2., 454.04 (1) (b) 2., 454.04 (1) (d) 2., 454.06 (6m), 454.06 (8m) (a)
6
2., 454.22 (1) (k) and subchapter III of chapter 454 [precedes 454.50] of the
7
statutes;
relating to:
ratification of the Cosmetology Licensure Compact.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill ratifies and enters Wisconsin into the Cosmetology Licensure Compact, which provides for the ability of a cosmetologist to become eligible to practice in other compact states. Significant provisions of the compact include the following:
1. The creation of a Cosmetology Licensure Compact Commission, which includes one administrator of the cosmetology licensure authority of each member state. The commission has various powers and duties granted in the compact, including adopting bylaws, promulgating binding rules for the compact, appointing officers and hiring employees, and establishing and electing an executive committee. The commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state or impose fees on licensees who receive multistate licenses to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission and its staff.
2. The ability for a cosmetologist to obtain a “multistate license,” which allows a cosmetologist who satisfies certain criteria to practice cosmetology in other member states (remote states) under the remote state’s scope of practice laws and rules of the remote state’s licensing authority. The compact specifies a number of requirements in order for a cosmetologist to obtain a multistate license, including holding an unencumbered cosmetology license in his or her primary state of residence (home state) and paying any required fees. A remote state may, in accordance with that state’s laws, take adverse action against a cosmetologist’s authorization to practice cosmetology in the remote state. If a cosmetologist’s home state takes adverse action against the cosmetologist’s license, the cosmetologist’s authorization to practice in all other member states is deactivated until all encumbrances have been removed from the home state license.
3. The ability of member states to issue subpoenas that are enforceable in other states.
4. The creation of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of investigative information on a) cosmetologists and b) applicants denied a cosmetologist license. The compact requires information related to adverse actions to be shared with the commission and other member states, through the data system and otherwise. A member state must submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom the compact is applicable as required by the rules of the commission.
5. Provisions regarding resolutions of disputes among member states and between member and nonmember states, including a process for termination of a state’s membership in the compact if the state defaults on its obligations under the compact.
The compact becomes effective upon enactment by seven states. The compact provides that it may be amended upon enactment of an amendment by all member states. A state may withdraw from the compact by repealing the statute authorizing the compact, but the compact provides that a withdrawal does not take effect until 180 days after the enactment of that repeal.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB323,1
1
Section
1
.
14.837 of the statutes is created to read:
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2
14.837
Cosmetology licensure compact.
There is created a cosmetology
1
licensure compact commission as specified in s. 454.50. The delegate on the
2
commission representing this state shall be appointed by the cosmetology
3
examining board as provided in s. 454.50 (9) (b) 1. and shall be an individual
4
described in s. 454.50 (9) (b) 2. The commission has the powers and duties granted
5
and imposed under s. 454.50.
AB323,2
6
Section
2
.
440.03 (11m) (c) 2rm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,3,9
7
440.03
(11m)
(c) 2rm. The coordinated database and reporting system under
8
s. 454.50 (10), if such disclosure is required under the cosmetology licensure
9
compact under s. 454.50.
AB323,3
10
Section
3
.
454.01 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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11
454.01
(4)
“Authorization to practice” means the authorization to practice, as
12
defined in s. 454.50 (2) (c), of an individual in this state under a multistate license
13
granted by another state that is a party to the compact.
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14
Section
4
.
454.01 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,3,16
15
454.01
(6)
“Compact” means the cosmetology licensure compact under s.
16
454.50.
AB323,5
17
Section
5
.
454.01 (14g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,3,18
18
454.01
(14g)
“Multistate license” has the meaning given in s. 454.50 (2) (u).
AB323,6
19
Section
6
.
454.01 (14r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,3,22
20
454.01
(14r)
“Single-state license” means a single-state license, as defined in
21
s. 454.50 (2) (x), to practice cosmetology granted by the examining board under s.
22
454.06 (2) or 454.13.
AB323,7
1
Section
7
.
454.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 454.04 (1) (a) (intro.)
2
and amended to read:
AB323,4,5
3
454.04
(1)
(a) (intro.) Except as permitted under pars. (b) and (d), sub. (1m),
4
and subch. II, no person may engage in cosmetology unless
the
any of the following
5
applies:
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6
1. The
person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
7
a current cosmetologist license issued by the examining board that is not an
8
inactive license
or
.
AB323,4,10
9
3. The person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
10
a
temporary permit issued by the examining board
or
.
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11
4. The person
is an apprentice under s. 454.10
or
.
AB323,4,12
12
5. The person is
a student in a cosmetology course of instruction.
AB323,8
13
Section
8
.
454.04 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,4,16
14
454.04
(1)
(a) 2. The person has received training in the areas of service
15
provided and holds a multistate license granted in another state that is a party to
16
the compact.
AB323,9
17
Section
9
.
454.04 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 454.04 (1) (b) (intro.)
18
and amended to read:
AB323,4,20
19
454.04
(1)
(b) (intro.) No person may engage in aesthetics unless
the
any of the
20
following applies:
AB323,4,23
21
1. The
person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
22
a current aesthetician license or cosmetologist license issued by the examining
23
board that is not an inactive license
or
.
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1
3. The person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
2
a
temporary permit or training permit issued by the examining board
or
.
AB323,5,3
3
4. The person
is an apprentice under s. 454.10
or
.
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4
5. The person is
a student in an aesthetics or cosmetology course of
5
instruction.
AB323,10
6
Section
10
.
454.04 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,5,9
7
454.04
(1)
(b) 2. The person has received training in the areas of service
8
provided and holds a multistate license granted in another state that is a party to
9
the compact.
AB323,11
10
Section
11
.
454.04 (1) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 454.04 (1) (d) (intro.)
11
and amended to read:
AB323,5,13
12
454.04
(1)
(d) (intro.) No person may engage in manicuring unless
the
any of
13
the following applies:
AB323,5,16
14
1. The
person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
15
a current manicurist license or cosmetologist license issued by the examining board
16
that is not an inactive license
or
.
AB323,5,18
17
3. The person has received training in the areas of service provided and holds
18
a
temporary permit or training permit issued by the examining board
or
.
AB323,5,19
19
4. The person
is an apprentice under s. 454.10
or
.
AB323,5,21
20
5. The person is
a student in a manicuring or cosmetology course of
21
instruction.
AB323,12
22
Section
12
.
454.04 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB323,6,2
23
454.04
(1)
(d) 2. The person has received training in the areas of service
1
provided and holds a multistate license granted in another state that is a party to
2
the compact.
AB323,13
3
Section
13
.
454.04 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB323,6,7
4
454.04
(2)
(a) No person may use the title “cosmetologist” or any other similar
5
title unless the person holds a current cosmetologist license issued by the
6
examining board that is not an inactive license
or holds a multistate license granted
7
in another state that is a party to the compact
.
AB323,14
8
Section
14
.
454.04 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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