Bill Text: CA SB607 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Barbering and Cosmetology.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-06-06 - Referred to Com. on B. & P. [SB607 Detail]

Download: California-2019-SB607-Introduced.html


CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill No. 607


Introduced by Senator Glazer

February 22, 2019


An act to amend Section 7314.3 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 607, as introduced, Glazer. Barbering and Cosmetology.
Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and apprentices by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology and requires the board to establish a Health and Safety Advisory Committee to provide the board with advice and recommendations on health and safety issues before the board that impact licensees, including, among other things, how to ensure licensees are aware of basic labor laws.
This bill would require the committee to include at least 3 board members and would require the committee to also provide the board with advice and recommendations on information on professional cosmetic labeling requirements.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 7314.3 of the Business and Professions Code, as added by Section 2 of Chapter 312 of the Statutes of 2017, is amended to read:

7314.3.
 (a) The board shall establish a Health and Safety Advisory Committee Committee, which shall include no less than three board members, to provide the board with advice and recommendations on health and safety issues before the board that impact licensees, including information on professional cosmetic labeling requirements, how to ensure licensees are aware of basic labor laws laws, and how to ensure licensees have awareness about physical and sexual abuse their clients may be experiencing.
(b) For purposes of this section, basic labor laws include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Key differences between the legal rights, benefits, and obligations of an employee and an independent contractor.
(2) Wage and hour rights of an hourly employee.
(3) Antidiscrimination laws relating to the use of a particular language in the workplace.
(4) Antiretaliation laws relating to a worker’s right to file complaints with the Department of Industrial Relations.
(5) How to obtain more information about state and federal labor laws.
(c) For purposes of this section, physical and sexual abuse includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Domestic violence.
(2) Sexual assault.
(3) Human trafficking.
(4) Elder abuse.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2019.

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