OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 1/22/2026
HOUSE BILL NO. 742
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on General Laws
on ________________)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Williams)
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 54.1-700 , 54.1-701 , and 54.1-706 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-708 , relating to barbers and cosmetologists; barbershop trainees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 54.1-700 , 54.1-701 , and 54.1-706 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 7 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-708 as follows:
§ 54.1-700 . Definitions.