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The bill offers modest federal funding and free training to improve hair/beauty professionals' ability to help domestic-violence survivors, trading a small recurring federal expense and potential state policy/compliance pressures for increased frontline identification and some added support for victim services.
State governments and domestic-violence service providers gain a predictable federal incentive—authorized at $5M/year (FY2026–2032) plus up to a 10% boost on certain DOJ grants—to expand support for victim services and encourage state adoption of cosmetologist/barber training laws.
Students and license-seeking hair and beauty professionals receive free online or in-person domestic-violence training, improving frontline recognition of and referral pathways for survivors.
Taxpayers bear ongoing federal costs (authorized $5M/year) to fund the program, which could divert limited DOJ resources or other federal spending priorities.
State governments may feel pressured to enact specific licensure training mandates to access extra grant funding, shifting policy decisions toward meeting federal funding criteria rather than local priorities.
Licensure applicants, state licensing boards, and states may face added administrative and implementation costs to incorporate required training into licensing processes.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows eligible States to receive up to a 10% increase to certain STOP grant awards if they require domestic violence prevention training for cosmetologist and barber licensure, and authorizes $5M/year for 2026–2032.
Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase grants to combat domestic violence for States that implement domestic violence prevention training in the cosmetologist and barber licensing process, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 17, 2025 by Laurel Lee · Last progress June 17, 2025
Provides a targeted incentive for States to require domestic violence prevention training for cosmetologists and barbers by allowing up to a 10% increase in certain DOJ STOP grant awards for States that adopt such licensure training requirements. It authorizes $5 million per year from fiscal 2026 through 2032 to support these grant increases and directs the Attorney General to administer the program and set application rules. The increase is available to eligible States for one-year increments, renewable up to three years per State, and is subject to the availability of the authorized funds and application requirements set by the Department of Justice.