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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 319 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to licensing pilot program; creating
7 the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering Online
8 Licensing Pilot Program; requiring certain board to
8 utilize certain web-based platform for application
9 and renewal of professional licenses; requiring
9 Service Oklahoma to select and host platform;
10 directing execution of certain interagency
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11 providing for codification; and providing an
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6021.1 of Title 59, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. There is hereby created within Service Oklahoma, the State
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19 Board of Cosmetology and Barbering Online Licensing Pilot Program.
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20 The program shall focus on developing and improving the application
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21 and fulfillment of licensing of the State Board of Cosmetology and
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22 Barbering. The program will also look to evaluate online
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23 fulfillment of licensing for future professional occupation
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24 licensing.
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1 B. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall utilize
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2 the web-based platform described in this act for application and
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3 renewal of professional licenses associated with the State Board of
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4 Cosmetology and Barbering.
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5 C. Service Oklahoma shall select the singular web-based
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6 platform for licensing of professional occupations associated with
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7 the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering in accordance with the
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8 Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act and shall host the platform on its
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9 website.
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10 D. Service Oklahoma and the State Board of Cosmetology and
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11 Barbering shall enter into interagency agreements to implement the
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13 E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
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14 1. Remove, abrogate, reduce, or otherwise affect any power or
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15 duty of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering to establish or
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16 enforce licensure qualifications, examination requirements, or
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17 disciplinary standards or procedures, or to exercise any other power
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18 or duty of the licensing board provided by law; or
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19 2. Confer to Service Oklahoma any power or duty of the State
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20 Board of Cosmetology and Barbering provided by law including, but
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21 not limited to, those described in paragraph 1 of this subsection.
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22 The sole function of Service Oklahoma under this act shall be to
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23 select and host the web-based platform as provided by subsection C
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1 F. The executive directors of Service Oklahoma and the State
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2 Board of Cosmetology and Barbering covered under this section may
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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