The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee voted unanimously to introduce two sunset bills — one continuing the Barber and Cosmetology Act for 11 years and one repealing the Business Intelligence Center Advisory Board — while public testimony and committee debate surfaced unresolved questions about provisional licenses for beauty apprentices and whether makeup application and blow dry styling should be exempt from licensure requirements.
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Rep. Chris Richardson asked whether the apprenticeship provisional license gap could be addressed in the bill's scope. Christopher McMichael stated it is not currently addressed in the bill, which is drafted only to reflect DORA's report recommendations, and suggested it could be raised as an amendment when the bill returns for its committee of reference hearing.
“Apprentices choose this model because they can earn income while they learn. But once they complete all required hours, they are legally required to stop working entirely while they wait to take and pass their state board licensing exam. That creates a period of forced unemployment at the exact moment they've done everything the state has asked of them.”
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Sign in to subscribeGood afternoon, everyone. Thank you all for being here in our first regular meeting of the House Business affairs and Labor Committee. Ms. Gerard, please call the roll. Representatives Brooks. Present. English. Gonzalez. Here. Kelty. Here. Leader. Present. Mabry. Here. Marshall. Here. Morrow. Here. Richardson. Here. Ryden. Excused. Sukla. Here. Camacho. Here. Madam Chair. Present. Thank you. Today we're going to hold sunsets. Sunset hearings on the Barber and Cosmetology act and the Business Intelligence Center Advisory Panel. Since this is our first sunset meeting, attorney Chris McMichael from the Office of Legislative Legal Services is here to present on the sunset review process. Mr. Michael, welcome and please proceed. Thank you. Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Christopher McMichael. I'm a staff attorney in the Office of Legislative Legal Services. Just giving a brief overview of the sunset process, a refresher from last year. So sunset bills are heard in committee for the first time before the bill is introduced. So what you have in front of you is a proposed bill. You will vote today whether or not to introduce the bill and it will be assigned to a committee of reference. Our office receives…
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