State Legislatures Continue to Address Hour Reduction, Apprenticeship and Hair Styling Bills
Arizona’s Senate voted 21 to 8 last week to pass Arizona SB 1399. As previously reported, this measure would allow apprenticeships with the same hour requirements as the current course of instruction in a school – 1,500 hours for a barber, 1,600 hours for a cosmetologist, 1,000 hours for a hairstylist, 600 hours for an aesthetician, and 600 hours for a nail technician.
Virginia’s Senate General Laws and Technology Committee voted 13 to 2 to favorably report HB 790 – its final step before consideration on the Senate floor. As previously reported, this deregulation measure will exempt persons working in a barbershop or cosmetology salon whose duties are confined to blow drying, cleansing, and styling hair from being required to obtain an occupational license.