COSMETOLOGY; NATURAL HAIR CULTIVATION                                                S.B. 1113:

                                                                                 SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL

                                                                                                         IN COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 1113 (as introduced 6-30-22)

Sponsor:  Senator Roger Victory

Committee:  Regulatory Reform

Date Completed:  9-20-22

CONTENT

The bill would amend Article 12 of the Occupational Code to allow an individual who was licensed as a natural hair culturist to cleanse another individual's hair for the purpose of performing natural hair cultivation on that individual.

Under Article 12, an individual is prohibited from performing any form of cosmetology services, with or without compensation, on an individual other than a member of his or her immediate family without a license. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) may license an individual to perform manicuring services, natural hair cultivation, or skin care services in accordance with his or her training. The individual who is licensed as a manicurist, natural hair culturist, or esthetician may perform only that particular service and is prohibited from performing any other cosmetology service unless he or she is licensed for that other cosmetology service.

Under the bill, an individual who was licensed as a natural hair culturist could cleanse another individual's hair for the purpose of performing natural hair cultivation on that individual.

"Natural hair cultivation" means techniques that result in tension on hair strands such as twisting, wrapping, weaving, extending, locking, or braiding of the hair by hand, if that work does not include the application of dyes, reactive chemicals, or other preparations to alter the color or to straighten, curl, or alter the structure of the hair. Under the bill, the term would include cleansing hair for the purpose of performing natural hair cultivation on that individual. 

MCL 339.1201 & 339.1203a                                            Legislative Analyst:  Eleni Lionas

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

                                                                                 Fiscal Analyst:  Joe Carrasco, Jr.

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.