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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 216

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Relating to: practicing hair braiding without a license. (FE)

Barber Cosmetology

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill specifies that a person does not need to obtain a barbering or

cosmetology license in order to perform natural hair braiding, which is defined in the

bill as twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, crocheting, or braiding hair

by hand or with a mechanical device.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Johnson (D) , Roys (D)

15 cosponsors

Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sortwell (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 May 13, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson, Felzkowski, Roys and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Sortwell, Cabrera, Neubauer, Considine, Hong, Conley, Baldeh, Tranel, Ortiz-Velez, Subeck, Billings, Tusler and Hesselbein

  2. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Mar 17, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 26, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 1, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. May 12, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. May 13, 2021 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. May 13, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1