Legislatures Adjourn Without Passing Deregulation and Hour Reduction Bills

The first full week of May finds 27 state legislatures actively meeting, including South Carolina, which is scheduled to adjourn for the year on Thursday. Last week, Colorado’s and Florida’s legislatures adjourned for 2019 without passing bills that would have had a meaningful impact on AACS member schools. 

In Colorado, a bill to deregulate “hair drying services” was not considered on the Senate floor despite passing the House unanimously on April 29. HB 1330 defines hair drying services to include “drying, styling, arranging, curling, hot ironing, cleansing or performing any other similar procedure intended to beautify, clean or arrange hair. It does not include applying reactive chemicals to permanently straighten, curl or alter the structure or color of the hair… Click here to read the full update