85R9079 TSR-D     By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 2153       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.