Assembly Bill A8975

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7169 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8975 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7169
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §408-b, Gen Bus L (as proposed in S.6307 & A.57)

2019-A8975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology.

2019-A8975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8975
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   domestic  violence  and sexual assault awareness education for persons
   engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, natural hair  styl-
   ing, esthetics and cosmetology

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 408-b of the general business law, as  added  by  a
 chapter  of the laws of 2019, amending the general business law relating
 to requiring domestic violence and sexual  assault  awareness  education
 for  persons  engaged  in  the  practice  of the nail specialty, waxing,
 natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 6307 and A. 57, is amended to read as follows:
   § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
 department shall ensure that domestic violence and sexual assault aware-
 ness education courses are made available to all  licensees  and  appli-
 cants  for  a  license or renewal pursuant to this article and that such
 courses are offered through the department's website. The department, in
 consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and
 [an] advocacy [group] GROUPS recognized by  the  federal  department  of
 health  and  human  services OR THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, which
 [has] HAVE the ability to coordinate statewide and with  local  communi-
 ties  on programming and educational materials related to the prevention
 and intervention of domestic violence OR  SEXUAL  ASSAULT  in  New  York
 state,  shall develop and provide access to domestic violence and sexual
 assault awareness education courses appropriate for those licensed under
 this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the general business
 law relating to requiring domestic violence and sexual assault awareness
 education for persons engaged in the practice of nail specialty, waxing,
 natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology, as proposed in legisla-
 tive bills numbers S. 6307 and A. 57, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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