Amendment ASA1-AB981

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 981

February 5, 2024 - Offered by Representatives Stubbs and Goeben.

AB981-ASA1,1,7 An Act to amend 454.06 (8) and 454.23 (5); and to create 165.715, 440.62 (3) (ag) 4m., 440.62 (3) (ar) 7m., 440.62 (4) (a) 2m., 440.62 (4) (b) 2m., 440.62 (4) (c) 2m., 440.62 (5) (b) 1m., 440.62 (5) (b) 2m., 440.65, 454.06 (1) (d) and 454.23 (2) (f) of the statutes; relating to: instruction on human trafficking in licensed schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools and requiring completion of a course on human trafficking as a condition of licensure for barbers, cosmetologists, aestheticians, electrologists, and manicurists.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Technical College System Board, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Cosmetology Examining Board, to identify and establish industry specific materials for use in providing instruction to students in schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools in the recognition and reporting of human trafficking. Specialty schools are establishments that offer instruction in aesthetics, electrology, or manicuring. Under the bill, DSPS and the Cosmetology Examining Board must require that schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by DOJ under the bill.

Further, this bill requires that applicants for a license as a barber, cosmetologist, aesthetician, electrologist, or manicurist complete, prior to being issued an initial license or prior to license renewal, a course on human trafficking offered by a school of barbering, school of cosmetology, or specialty school or a course on human trafficking that is offered or endorsed by a state or federal agency and approved by DSPS. The bill requires schools of barbering, schools of cosmetology, and specialty schools to inform students of the requirements to complete a course on human trafficking to qualify for licensure.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB981-ASA1,1 Section 1 . 165.715 of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,2,10 165.715 Prevention of human trafficking. The department of justice, in consultation with the technical college system board, the department of safety and professional services, and the cosmetology examining board, shall, no later than one year following the effective date of this section .... [LRB insert date], identify and establish industry specific materials for use in providing instruction to students in schools of barbering licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ag), schools of cosmetology licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ar), and specialty schools licensed under s. 440.62 (4) in the recognition and reporting of human trafficking, including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

AB981-ASA1,2 Section 2 . 440.62 (3) (ag) 4m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,2,13 440.62 (3) (ag) 4m. Satisfies the requirements for schools of barbering established under sub. (5) (b) 2m.

AB981-ASA1,3 Section 3 . 440.62 (3) (ar) 7m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,2,16 440.62 (3) (ar) 7m. Satisfies the requirements for schools of cosmetology established under sub. (5) (b) 1m.

AB981-ASA1,4 Section 4. 440.62 (4) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,3 440.62 (4) (a) 2m. Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub. (5) (b) 1m.

AB981-ASA1,5 Section 5 . 440.62 (4) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,6 440.62 (4) (b) 2m. Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub. (5) (b) 1m.

AB981-ASA1,6 Section 6 . 440.62 (4) (c) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,9 440.62 (4) (c) 2m. Satisfies the requirements for specialty schools established under sub. (5) (b) 1m.

AB981-ASA1,7 Section 7 . 440.62 (5) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,15 440.62 (5) (b) 1m. The cosmetology examining board shall require that schools of cosmetology and specialty schools provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by the department of justice under s. 165.715.

AB981-ASA1,8 Section 8 . 440.62 (5) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,20 440.62 (5) (b) 2m. The department shall require that schools of barbering provide instruction on the dynamics of exploitation including vulnerabilities that put people at risk of being trafficked and how to recognize and report suspected human trafficking as identified by the department of justice under s. 165.715.

AB981-ASA1,9 Section 9. 440.65 of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,3,25 440.65 Notification of required curriculum. Any school or specialty school licensed by the department under this subchapter shall inform all students of the requirements to complete a course on human trafficking to qualify for licensure under ss. 454.06 (1) (d) and 454.23 (2) (f).

AB981-ASA1,10 Section 10. 454.06 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,4,5 454.06 (1) (d) The applicant completes a course on human trafficking offered by a school of cosmetology or a specialty school under s. 440.62 (5) (b) 1m. or a course on human trafficking that is offered or endorsed by a state or federal agency and approved by the department.

AB981-ASA1,11 Section 11. 454.06 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB981-ASA1,4,16 454.06 (8) Expiration and renewal. The renewal date for licenses issued under subs. (2) to (6) is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), and the renewal fees for such licenses are determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). The examining board may not renew a license issued to a person under subs. (2) to (6) unless the person certifies to the examining board that the person has reviewed the current digest under s. 454.125 and that the person either satisfied sub. (1) (d) prior to being issued an initial license or completed a course on human trafficking offered by a school of cosmetology or a specialty school under s. 440.62 (5) (b) 1m. or a course on human trafficking that is offered or endorsed by a state or federal agency and approved by the department prior to license renewal.

AB981-ASA1,12 Section 12. 454.23 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB981-ASA1,4,21 454.23 (2) (f) The applicant completes a course on human trafficking offered by a school of barbering under s. 440.62 (5) (b) 2m. or a course on human trafficking that is offered or endorsed by a state or federal agency and approved by the department.

AB981-ASA1,13 Section 13. 454.23 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB981-ASA1,5,6 454.23 (5) Expiration and renewal. The renewal date for a license granted under sub. (2) is specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a), and the renewal fee for that license is determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). The department may not renew a license granted to a person under this section unless the person certifies to the department that the person has reviewed the current digest under s. 454.267 and that the person either satisfied sub. (2) (f) prior to being issued an initial license or completed a course on human trafficking offered by a school of barbering under s. 440.62 (5) (b) 2m. or a course on human trafficking that is offered or endorsed by a state or federal agency and approved by the department prior to license renewal.

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