The Senate Committee on Government Organization met today to report four bills to the full Senate.
House Bill 2691 would allow a person who is qualified by training to be a barber and a cosmetologist to elect to practice solely as a barber. The bill would let barber’s continuing education to only take recertification classes to be a barber and not also cosmetology. This would make it so that those who have a license for both being a barber and a cosmetologist can forgo the cosmetology part of their license and become solely a barber.
A representative from the Board of Barbers explained that after 20 years, barbers continuing education becomes less strenuous. Cosmetologists have a more strenuous continuing education however and those who only practice being a barber won’t want to take more of the continuing education classes.
The bill was reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2725 would restrict the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products. The bill was rejected.
House Bill 2348 would eliminate any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive. This would allow schools that don’t have a block schedule have more flexibility for students to take their training and not earn double credits.
Senator Palumbo (D-Kanawha) said the bill had ambiguous language and the bill may not even be needed since the problem the bill was meant to address has already been solved in the rules.
The bill was reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2631 relates to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings. A status report must be sent within 6 months and the complaint must be addressed within a year of the notification. The bill was reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2833 would specify the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports. The purpose of the bill is to add specific categories of information to be reported by Chapter 30 boards to the Governor. The bill was reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass.
House Bill 2515 would create the West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2017. The bill was laid over until another meeting but first sent to a subcommittee chaired by Senator Sypolt (R-Preston). The subcommittee also includes Senator Boso (R-Nicholas) and Senator Woelfel (D-Cabell).
