2023 House Bill 4647 / 2024 Public Act 86

Occupations: individual licensing and registration; department of licensing and regulatory affairs inspection requirements of barbershops and barber colleges; modify.

An act to amend 1980 PA 299, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and classify the laws of this state regarding the regulation of certain occupations and to regulate certain persons and activities relative to those occupations; to create a board for each of those occupations; to establish the powers and duties of certain departments and agencies and the boards of each occupation; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain fees; to provide for penalties and civil fines; to establish rights, relationships, and remedies of certain persons under certain circumstances; to provide immunity from certain civil liability for certain entities and certain related occupations under certain circumstances; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1113 (MCL 339.1113), as amended by 1984 PA 25.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4647 would amend the Occupational Code to change the frequency at which the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) is required to inspect barbershops and barber colleges. Currently, the act requires barbershops to be inspected at least once a year and each barber college to be inspected twice a year after the initial inspection required to open the establishment. The bill would require the department to conduct these inspections regularly following the initial inspection.

Introduced in the House

May 23, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Kelly Breen (D-21) and Noah Arbit (D-20)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Sept. 26, 2023

Reported without amendment

Oct. 4, 2023

Amendment offered by Rep. Angela Rigas (R-79)

1. Amend page 1, line 3, after “regularly” by inserting a comma and “but not more than once a year,”.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Oct. 10, 2023

Passed in the House 60 to 50 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 12, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs

June 5, 2024

Reported without amendment

June 6, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

June 25, 2024

Reported without amendment

June 26, 2024

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 23, 2024