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TDLR advisory board backs Title 16 cleanup, removes blow-dry allowance in natural-hair-braiding rule
Summary
The TDLR Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board voted to recommend adoption of proposed amendments to Title 16, Texas Administrative Code, chapters 82 and 83, after removing a contested provision that would have allowed shampooing and blow-drying in preparation for natural hair braiding.
The TDLR Barbering and Cosmetology Advisory Board on June 2 recommended that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation adopt a package of rule changes to Title 16, Texas Administrative Code, chapters 82 and 83, after deleting a provision that would have explicitly allowed shampooing and blow-drying in preparation for natural hair braiding.
The rule package stems from the four-year review required under Texas Government Code section 2001.039 and was published in the Texas Register on March 28, 2025, with a public-comment period that closed May 5, 2025. Assistant General Counsel Athena Ponce told the board the rules repeal obsolete chapter 82 provisions left after the consolidation of barbering and cosmetology regulations and reorganize and clarify chapter 83 language on definitions, licensing, school facility and signage requirements, fees, and curriculum.
Board members spent extended time on the statutory exemption for natural hair braiding in…
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