HF 807 (LSB 2412HV (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE 807

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 599)

(COMPANION TO SF 494 BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND BUSINESS RELATIONS)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to barbering apprenticeship programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 158.2, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Students enrolled in licensed barber schools or schools of cosmetology arts and sciences, or students enrolled in a barbering apprenticeship training program registered by the office of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor, who are practicing under the instruction or immediate supervision of an instructor.
    Sec. 2.  Section 158.3, subsection 3, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, any person who completes the application form prescribed by the board and who completes a barbering apprenticeship training program registered by the office of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor while committed to the custody of the director of the Iowa department of corrections shall be allowed to take the examination for a license to practice barbering.
   b.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, any other person who completes the application form prescribed by the board and who completes a barbering apprenticeship training program offered by a barbershop in this state shall be allowed to take the examination for a license to practice barbering.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  158.9A  Barbershops —— apprenticeship training programs.
   1.  A barbershop may create a barbering apprenticeship training program registered by the office of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor. A person supervising apprentices shall be a barber licensed pursuant to this chapter with at least three years of experience practicing barbering.
   2.  A barbershop shall provide the name of each apprentice participating in an apprenticeship training program to the board and any other information required by the board. The board may charge a fee of no more than twenty dollars per apprentice to a barbershop.
   3.  The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of this section.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows barbershops to provide barbering apprenticeship training programs registered by the office of apprenticeship of the United States department of labor. The bill provides that a person supervising apprentices shall be a licensed barber with at least three years of experience. The bill requires a barbershop to report to the board of barbering the name of each person enrolled in an apprenticeship training program, as well as such other information as the board may require, and allows the board to charge a barbershop a fee of no more than $20 per apprentice. A person who completes an apprenticeship training program offered by a barbershop in this state shall be allowed to take the examination for a license to practice barbering.