BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2449
Author: Correa (D)
Amended: 6/20/02 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE : 5-2, 6/10/02
AYES: Figueroa, Machado, Murray, O'Connell, Polanco
NOES: Johannessen, Morrow
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-0, 5/16/02 (Passed on Consent) - See
last page for vote
SUBJECT : Barbering and cosmetology: independent
contractors
SOURCE : Professional Beauty Federation of California
DIGEST : This bill requires licensees of the Bureau of
Barbering and Cosmetology to provide certain, specified
information to the bureau when they renew their license and
requires the bureau to report back to the Legislature on
the information they collect pursuant to this bill.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
1. Provides for the licensing of cosmetologists, barbers,
estheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and others by
the bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs.
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2. Authorizes the bureau to assess administrative fines for
the violation of any part of the Barbering and
Cosmetology Act.
This bill:
1. Requires all licensees, except establishments and
apprentices, to report to the bureau, at the time of
license renewal, their practice status designated as one
of the following: (1) full-time practice in California;
(2) full-time practice outside of California; (3)
part-time practice in California; (4) not working in the
industry; (5) retired; (6) other practice status, as may
be further defined by the bureau.
2. Requires all licensees, except establishments and
apprentices, at the time of license renewal, to identify
themselves on the application to the bureau as one of
the following: (1) employee;.(2) independent contractor
or booth renter; or (3) salon owner.
3. Requires an establishment to report to the bureau at the
time of license renewal, whether either of the following
are applicable: (1) he or she has a booth renter
operating in the establishment; (2) he or she has an
independent contractor operating in the establishment.
4. Requires the bureau to report to the Senate Business and
Profession Committee and the Assembly Business and
Profession Committee, within five years after the
implementation of the provisions of this measure, on the
licensee information collected, including an assessment
of whether a certain type of licensee is more likely to
receive complaints, citations, or fail to pay taxes, and
any recommendations on how to remedy problems found.
Comments
According to information provided by the Professional
Beauty Federation of California (Sponsor), it is imperative
for those responsible for regulating the beauty industry in
this state to accumulate and analyze data on the rapidly
growing industry segment known as Booth Renting. If, as
argued by industry leaders and observed by tax authorities,
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many in the Booth Renting sector operate illegitimately,
state regulators need to discover these problems, correlate
health and safety violation and tax evasion statistics, and
propose regulatory/statutory reforms to address discovered
problems.
(See Senate Business and Professions Committee analysis for
further comment.)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/5/02)
Professional Beauty Federation of California (source)
Support (to 4/18/02 version):
American Hair Force
Carlton Hair International
Esche Alexander Public Relations
Seven salon owners
Fantastic Sams
Gila Rut Salon Inc.
Opal Concepts Salon Support Group
Pro-cuts California
Salinas Beauty College, Inc.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Aanestad, Alquist, Aroner, Ashburn, Bogh, Briggs,
Calderon, Bill Campbell, Canciamilla, Cardoza, Chan,
Chavez, Chu, Cogdill, Cohn, Corbett, Correa, Cox,
Daucher, Diaz, Dickerson, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez,
Frommer, Goldberg, Hertzberg, Hollingsworth, Horton,
Jackson, Keeley, Kehoe, Kelley, Koretz, La Suer, Leach,
Leonard, Leslie, Liu, Longville, Maddox, Maldonado,
Matthews, Migden, Mountjoy, Nakano, Nation, Negrete
McLeod, Oropeza, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan,
Pavley, Pescetti, Reyes, Richman, Runner, Salinas,
Shelley, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin,
Thomson, Vargas, Wayne, Wiggins, Wright, Wyland, Wyman,
Zettel, Wesson
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CP:sl 8/6/02 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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