NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6145

Senate Bill S6145

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology

download bill text pdf

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

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

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2024	referred to consumer protection
Mar 30, 2023	referred to consumer protection

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8018
Current Committee:: Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §408-b, Gen Bus L

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licensing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology.

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6145

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training for the licens-
ing of nail specialty, natural hair styling, esthetics and cosmetology

 
PURPOSE:

To mandate one hour of domestic violence and sexual assault training for
those obtaining or renewing a license in hair styling, nail specialty,
waxing, esthetics and cosmetology to help beauty professionals identify
sufferers of domestic violence and sexual assault and where to send them
for help.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends General Business Law by amending section 408-b,
requiring one hour of course work established by the secretary of state
pertaining to domestic violence pursuant to section four hundred fifty-

nine-a of the social service law.

Section 2: Sets effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Hair and nail salons are the heart of many communities. Hair stylists,
cosmetologists, estheticians, nail technicians, and wax technicians
spend hours with their clients, often seeing them every few weeks.  The
significant time spent together on such a regular basis often results in
meaningful and trusted relationships between these specialists and their
clients who are predominantly women.

Signs of domestic violence and sexual assault vary, but can include
bruising, lacerations, and sudden or unusual hair loss. Those in the
beauty profession have a unique position to help identify domestic
violence and assist victims. Due to the nature of the job, hair styl-
ists, cosmetologists, estheticians, nail technicians and wax technicians
see clients' necks, collarbones, scalps, and private areas.

Many domestic violence victims will not report abuse to law enforcement,
but they will tell someone with whom they have a close long-standing
relationship. Increased training will raise awareness with beauty
professionals and teach them how to identify signs of domestic violence
and sexual assault and gain the skills needed to provide guidance and
resources to those victims.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day after it
shall become a law.

2023-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6145
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   domestic  violence  and  sexual  assault  awareness  training  for the
   licensing of nail  specialty,  natural  hair  styling,  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  amended  by
 chapter 71 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 408-b. Domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education. The
 department  shall  [ensure  that]  REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF domestic
 violence and sexual assault awareness education courses [are made avail-
 able to] FOR all licensees and  applicants  for  a  license  or  renewal
 pursuant  to  this  article and that such courses are MADE AVAILABLE AND
 ARE offered through the department's website.   SUCH  COURSES  SHALL  BE
 AVAILABLE  IN  EACH  OF THE TOP TEN LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE STATE, OTHER
 THAN ENGLISH, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE  DATA  FROM  THE  UNITED
 STATES  CENSUS  BUREAU.  The department, in consultation with the office
 for the prevention of domestic violence and advocacy  groups  recognized
 by  the  federal  department of health and human services or the federal
 department of justice, which have the ability  to  coordinate  statewide
 and  with  local  communities  on  programming and educational materials
 related to the prevention and intervention of domestic violence or sexu-
 al assault in New York state, shall develop and provide access to domes-
 tic violence and sexual assault awareness education courses  appropriate
 for those licensed under this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10582-02-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.