Requires the department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on its website in a portable document format for download by the person whose license or certificate has been renewed.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A4042
SPONSOR: Santabarbara TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses and
certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates available on
its website in a portable document format for download
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill requires the Department of State to provide barbers, cosmetol-
ogists, and other appearance enhancement professionals with downloadable
PDF versions of their renewed licenses and certificates, making them
easily accessible upon renewal.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
1.Subdivision 6 of section 408 of the General Business Law is amended to
allow licensees to download renewed licenses in a portable document
format (PDF) after renewal is processed.
2.Subdivision 4 of section 439 of the General Business Law is amended to
ensure that renewed licenses and certificates for licensees and appren-
tices are made available as downloadable PDFs.
3.Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 406 of the General Business
Law is amended to provide temporary operator's licenses in PDF format
after renewal.
4.Subdivision 2 of section 408-a of the General Business Law is amended
to allow trainees to download renewed certificates of registration as
PDFs.
JUSTIFICATION:
New York State currently lacks a standardized process to provide profes-
sionals in appearance enhancement fields with downloadable copies of
their licenses and certificates after renewal. This bill fills that gap
by requiring the Department of State to make PDF versions available.
Providing this convenient option streamlines the process for profes-
sionals, offering immediate access to renewed licenses without waiting
for physical copies.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately after becoming law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4042
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring the
department of state to make renewed appearance enhancement licenses
and certificates and renewed barber licenses and certificates avail-
able on its website in a portable document format for download
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 408 of the general business law,
2 as amended by chapter 715 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
5 payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional periods of four
6 years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing
7 of an application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the
8 secretary. When an applicant seeks to renew their license, the depart-
9 ment shall notify applicants of voluntary domestic violence and sexual
10 assault awareness education courses that can be accessed through the
11 department's website. The department shall enable licensees to download
12 such renewed license from the department's website in a portable docu-
13 ment format after such renewal is processed.
14 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 439 of the general business law, as
15 amended by section 4 of part Y of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is
16 amended to read as follows:
17 4. Any license or certificate, except a temporary license, which has
18 not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the payment of the renewal fee
19 prescribed by this article, be renewed for additional periods of four
20 years from its expiration, without further examination, upon the filing
21 of any application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the
22 secretary of state, accompanied by the certificate required by paragraph
23 (c) and the certificate of completion required by paragraph (e-1) of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07571-01-5
A. 4042 2
1 subdivision one of section four hundred thirty-four of this article. The
2 department shall enable licensees and apprentices to download such
3 renewed license or certificate from the department's website in a port-
4 able document format after such renewal is processed.
5 § 3. Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 406 of the general busi-
6 ness law, as amended by chapter 341 of the laws of 1998, is amended to
7 read as follows:
8 e. Upon acceptance by the secretary of a proper application for an
9 operator's license to practice nail speciality, waxing, natural hair
10 styling, esthetics or cosmetology, the secretary may issue a temporary
11 operator's license which shall expire six months from issuance. Upon
12 good cause shown, the secretary may renew a temporary operator's license
13 for one additional six-month period upon filing the appropriate applica-
14 tion and fee. The department shall enable licensees to download such
15 renewed temporary operator's license from the department's website in a
16 portable document format after such renewal is processed.
17 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 408-a of the general business law, as
18 added by chapter 80 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
19 2. A certificate of registration as a trainee shall be for a period of
20 one year, renewable for a second year, and may be renewed for additional
21 terms within the discretion of the secretary. The department shall
22 enable trainees to download such renewed certificate of registration as
23 a trainee from the department's website in a portable document format
24 after such renewal is processed.
25 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
26 have become a law.
