LICENSING: Amends and repeals administrative licensing requirements relative to alternative hair and alternative hair design
HCR 4 is a procedural bill that makes a minor technical correction to existing licensing language for alternative hair and hair design professionals. It amends the reference to "board" by removing unnecessary quotation marks in the text, with no changes to actual licensing requirements or standards. The bill does not affect any practitioners or create new rules - it only clarifies how the governing body is referenced in the statute. This is a routine administrative update, not a substantive policy change.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Last action Jun 1, 2025
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HCR4 Reengrossed
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HCR4 Engrossed
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Apr 23, 2025
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from 'Reengrossed' to 'Engrossed' and updated to include a detailed curriculum for Alternative Hair Design training. The most significant change is the removal of the requirement that practitioners must work only in cosmetology salons, while simultaneously adding a new clause restricting these services to facilities licensed by the board. The bill also expanded the required training hours to include specific topics like bacteriology, scalp diseases, and the history of braiding.
Scope change
The bill's scope regarding where alternative hair design services can be performed was modified; it removed the explicit mandate for cosmetology salons but added a restriction requiring services to occur in board-licensed facilities.
REQUIREMENT
The requirement for practitioners to work in cosmetology salons was removed and replaced with a mandate that services must be performed in facilities licensed by the board.
A detailed curriculum was added, requiring 500 hours of instruction covering history, bacteriology, client consultation, hair structure, scalp diseases, and chemical treatments.
DEFINITION
The definition of 'alternative hair design' was updated to clarify that practitioners and customers are not limited to any specific cultural, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Floor votes · House May 28, 2025
How they voted
90–0
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 102
May 28, 2025
D
Democratic31
70% Yea
R
Republican71
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, amended, roll called on final consideration, yeas 93, nays 0. The resolution was adopted and ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (10-5).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beth Billings
RRepublican
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