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Michigan House Bill 5819
Summary: will allow anyone to practice barbering, cosmetology, manicuring, esthetics, electrology, and operating a cosmetology or barber school WITHOUT a license or training and will remove the state board of cosmetology and state board of barber examiners.
Status: Introduced, referred to House Regulatory Reform Committee
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Michigan House Bill 5438
Summary: will completely deregulate barbering
Status: Introduced, referred to House Regulatory Reform Committee
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Tennessee House Bill 1945 and Senate Bill 1914
Summary: will allow any person to practice cosmetology without a license as long as the provider enters into a written contract with the client to waive all liability that may arise from the provider's performance
Status: Failed
There is a possibility these measures will be reintroduced next year.
Illinois House Bill 5558
Summary: will allow any individual to practice cosmetology, esthetics, nail technology, and barbering without a license
Status: Legislature recessed until 11/20
Rhode Island House Bill 7484
Summary: will drastically reduce educational requirements, lowering cosmetology education to 600, manicurist to 200, esthetics to 300, and barbering to 600
Status: Legislature Recessed
Minnesota House File 3202 and Senate File 2898
Summary: will allow anyone to shampoo, condition, dress, dry, style, flat iron, curl, and arrange hair without a license
Status: Passed (Senate File 2898)
Oklahoma Senate Bill 1166
Summary: will allow anyone to shampoo, dress, dry, style, wave, curl, and arrange hair WITHOUT a license or training
Status: Failed
Utah House Bill 410
Summary: will allow anyone to shampoo, condition, dress, dry, style, flat iron, curl, and arrange hair without a license or training
Status: Failed
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