New York A 1916: Relates to licensing laser hair removal technicians
Status: REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES (as of 2026-05-12)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1916
Sponsors: Amy Paulin, Albert A. Stirpe, Alicia Hyndman, Andrew Hevesi, Brian Cunningham, Catalina Cruz, David Weprin, Donna Lupardo, Emerita Torres, Jen Lunsford, John Zaccaro Jr., Karines Reyes, MaryJane Shimsky, Rebecca Kassay, Rebecca Seawright, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A01916 Summary: BILL NOA01916A   SAME ASSAME AS S06231-A   SPONSORPaulin   COSPNSRLupardo, Zaccaro, Cunningham, Simone, Weprin, Lunsford, Tapia, Shimsky, Torres, Hyndman, Hevesi, Seawright, Stirpe, Reyes, Kassay, Cruz   MLTSPNSR   Amd Gen Bus L, generally   Relates to licensing laser hair removal technicians; establishes laser hair removal rules, regulations and standards. Go to top A01916 Actions: BILL NOA01916A   01/14/2025referred to economic development 05/16/2025amend and recommit to economic development 05/16/2025print number 1916a 05/20/2025reported referred to codes 06/05/2025reported referred to ways and means 06/06/2025reported referred to rules 01/07/2026referred to ways and means 05/12/2026reported referred to rules Go to topA01916 Committee Votes: Committee:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Chair:Stirpe DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:23/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes StirpeAyeFriendAye MagnarelliAyeMorinelloAye LupardoAyeLemondesAye HyndmanAyeBrownAbsent SternAyeBeephanAye TapiaAyePirozzoloExcused LucasAyeBrook-KrasnyAye CunninghamAyeBolognaAye SimoneAye ZaccaroAye DaisAye GriffinAye TorresAye HooksAye LasherExcused KayAye WrightAye KassayAye Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz DATE:06/05/2025AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye CookAyeReillyAye LavineAyeMikulinAye WeprinAyeTannousisAye HevesiAyeAngelinoAye SeawrightAyeMolitorAye RosenthalAye WalkerAye VanelExcused CruzAye EpsteinAye BoresAye ReyesAye LasherAye RomeroAye AlvarezAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:06/06/2025AYE/NAY:35/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye JacksonAyeFitzpatrickAye ColtonAyeHawleyAye CookAyeBlankenbushAye BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye WeprinAyeWalshAye AndersonAyeDeStefanoAye BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye McDonaldAyeSmullenAye RozicAyeGiglioAye DinowitzAye LavineAye BronsonAye DilanAye SeawrightAye HyndmanAye WalkerAye WrightAye SimonAye CruzAye OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye EpsteinAye SeptimoAye Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow DATE:05/12/2026AYE/NAY:31/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye GlickAyeFitzpatrickExcused ColtonAyeHawleyAye CookExcusedBlankenbushAye BenedettoAyeWalshAye WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye RamosExcusedManktelowAye BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye McDonaldAyeGiglioAye RozicAyeSlaterAye DinowitzAye MagnarelliAye BronsonAye DilanExcused SeawrightAye HyndmanAye WalkerAye Bichotte HermelAye SimonAye CruzAye OtisAye SolagesAye HunterAye SeptimoAye HevesiAye Go to topA01916 Floor Votes: There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session. Go to topA01916 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1916--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO, ZACCARO, CUNNINGHAM, SIMONE, WEPRIN, LUNSFORD, TAPIA, SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to licensing of laser hair removal technicians The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 400 of the general business law is amended by 2 adding two new subdivisions 12 and 13 to read as follows: 3 12. The practice of "laser hair removal" means the use of a laser or 4 pulsed light device in a hair removal procedure that does not remove the 5 epidermis. 6 13. "Laser hair removal technician" means a person licensed by the 7 secretary who practices laser hair removal as defined in subdivision 8 twelve of this section. 9 § 2. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 401 of the general business law, 10 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 80 of the laws of 2015 and subdivi- 11 sion 3 as amended by chapter 341 of the laws of 1998, are amended to 12 read as follows: 13 1. No person shall engage in the practice of nail specialty, waxing, 14 natural hair styling, esthetics [or], cosmetology or laser hair removal, 15 as defined in section four hundred of this article, without ha
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