New York S 7483: 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

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S07483 Summary:

BILL NOS07483 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04042

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§408, 439, 406 & 408-a, Gen Bus L

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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.

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BILL NOS07483 

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

05/19/20251ST REPORT CAL.1133

05/20/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

01/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.185

01/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7483

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

 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

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 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,