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Committee advances bill to change barber board quorum amid concerns over representation
Summary
The House Professional Licensure Committee voted to report House Bill 16 46, which would change the Board of Barber Examiners quorum from a specified number to a majority of seated members; committee members raised concerns about vacancies and whether a simple majority could reduce barber representation.
The House Professional Licensure Committee on Wednesday reported House Bill 16 46, a measure to change the Board of Barber Examiners’ quorum from a fixed number to a majority of seated members, after debate about vacancies and member representation.
The bill, explained by Carrie, a committee staff member, “changes the quorum for the Board of Barber Examiners to a majority of members instead of a specified number which in current law is 6.”
Representative Carroll, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the Board of Barber Examiners oversees “more than 9,000 licenses in the commonwealth” and that the board currently has…
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