Explore the tools, language, and steps to confidently advocate for your profession, your clients, and your industry.
Support Your Industry
The PBA Advocacy team works tirelessly to track bills that would affect our industry, fights for legislation that would improve salons, and more. Become an advocate and support our industry! Join below or text PROBEAUTY to 1-888-561-3172!
FICA Tax Tip Fairness
Beauty businesses have been subject to unfair disparities in the tax code for decades by not getting the same FICA Tax Tip Credit as restaurants.
I AM A professional. I AM licensed.
Join thousands of your beauty colleagues to help inform on how technically trained, professional, and passionate our industry is!
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Sign up to receive alerts when action needs to be taken on legislation in your state or at the federal level!
Advocacy Resources
Access additional advocacy resources including current state issues, IRS resources, Nail Manufacturers Council on Safety Publications, and more.
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ADVOCACY TOOLKIT
Policy & Licensing
Deregulation 101
Understand what deregulation means, why it happens, and how it impacts professional licensing, safety standards, and the future of the beauty industry.
Consumer Protection
Safety First
Explore how licensing protects public health and safety, and why education, regulation, and accountability are essential to the beauty profession.
Advocacy Toolkit
Guide to Advocacy
Build your confidence as an advocate with step by step guidance on engaging lawmakers, sharing your story, and influencing meaningful change.
Get Involved
Ladders of Engagement
Discover simple, actionable ways to get involved in advocacy, from staying informed to connecting with legislators and amplifying your voice.
Advocacy Foundations
Advocacy Definitions & Communications Guide
Learn key advocacy terms, how legislation works, and how to communicate effectively with elected officials using clear, confident language.
PROTECTING & EXPANDING
YOUR LICENSE
SHOWCASE YOUR PRIDE
I AM LICENSED™
When states attempted to deregulate occupational licensing for cosmetologists, PBA created the I AM LICENSED™ campaign to empower licensed beauty pros with talking points to advocate for their license and to showcase your pride for your craft. Download the window cling linked below for your salon or booth to demonstrate your participation in the I AM LICENSED™ movement!
EMPLOYMENT MOBILITY
COSMETOLOGY LICENSE COMPACT
The Council of State Governments (CSG) and the Department of Defense (DoD) are working together to help licensed cosmetologists move between states more easily. They are creating a new interstate agreement that will allow states to recognize each other’s licenses, making it easier for cosmetologists to find jobs in different states.
Download Advocate Toolkit
These resources will guide you in communicating to legislators about bills that could deregulate the industry.
- Your Safety First: How the regulation of our industry protects the client
- Ladders of Engagement: Opportunities for advocacy in the pro beauty industry
- Deregulation 101: Learn the basics of deregulation legislation
- Communicating with Elected Officials: How to effectively advocate for your industry.
Other ways to get involved
Texture Education Collective
The Texture Education Collective™ is working together to influence cosmetology curriculums to be inclusive of all hair textures and all hair types.
Register to Vote
Register to vote, check your registration, find your candidates, and more with the PBA Voter Registration Center. You have a voice – use it!
PBA Issue Advocacy Fund
The PBA Issue Advocacy Fund (IAF) is supported by contributions from those who work within and are associated with the professional beauty industry.
Protect Your Industry
Our members power our Advocacy campaigns to help elevate and protect our professional industry from deregulation. Join today and support our Government Affairs team to help them continue their essential work.