H.B. No. 2738
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the hours of instruction provided in barbering and
  cosmetology schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1603.351, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may
  adopt rules to:
               (1)  authorize a school licensed under this chapter,
  Chapter 1601, or Chapter 1602 to account for any hours of
  instruction completed under those chapters on the basis of clock
  hours or credit hours; and
               (2)  establish standards for determining the
  equivalency and conversion of clock hours to credit hours and
  credit hours to clock hours.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the House on May 9,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor