An Alabama makeup application and blow dry styling deregulation bill is currently eligible for consideration on the House floor after the House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee favorably reported the bill last week. SB 274 was introduced and unanimously passed by the Senate in February.
In Hawaii, both the House and the Senate passed slightly different natural hair braiding deregulation bills without any dissenting votes last week. HB 1697, as amended, would require natural hair braiders to be registered instead of licensed. The registration process includes competing a board-approved course or program on sanitation, health, and safety. The Senate bill – SB 2876 – would simply exempt natural hair braiders from licensure.
Louisiana State Representative Candace Newell (D) recently introduced a bill to establish a 600-hour alternative hair design license that would allow licensees to practice twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding the hair by either the use of hands, mechanical devices, or appliances. HB 912 has been referred to the House Commerce Committee. Under currently law, Louisiana issues Alternative Hair Design permits to work in a licensed salon after the completion of 500-hours of instruction.
A bill by Representative Mike Bayham Jr. (R) would address “natural hair braiding services” differently. The measure provides for a registered natural hair braider “permit” for individuals reviewing online safety and sanitation materials and subsequently passing a 20-question examination administered by the Louisiana Department of Health.
Michigan’s House of Representative voted unanimously last week to pass HB 4908. The bill transmitted to the Senate would allow cosmetology students and apprentices to perform shampoo services in cosmetology establishments under specific conditions.
A Minnesota Senate bill to update cosmetology definitions, licensing procedures, and operations was introduced earlier this month. The measure would define a “school administrator” as “the proprietor, if the applicant is a proprietorship; the managing partner, if the applicant is a partnership; the authorized officers, if the applicant is a corporation, association, company, firm, society, or trust; or the dean, principal, or other authorized signatory, if the applicant is a school in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system or a secondary school.” It would also allow schools to “offer activities related to the training for industry educational purposes outside of a school building when accompanied by an instructor for a maximum of one percent of the total training hours for a course.” SF 4217 has been referred to the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
Finally, South Dakota HB 1194 has been delivered to Governor Larry Rhoden (R) after the House unanimously concurred in Senate amendments. As previously reported, the measure requires the Cosmetology Commission to allow out-of-state licensed individuals to substitute relevant work experience for a portion of the required educational hours when applying for a South Dakota cosmetology, nail technology, or esthetics license. Accordingly, up to 750 hours of the education required for a cosmetology license can be “earned” through work experience at a ratio of two hours of work experience equaling one-hour of school education. Out-of-state esthetics licensees can similarly earn up to 300 hours and nail technology students can earn up to 200 hours of required educational hours from work experience. |
