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House votes to de-license hair-braiding, cut cosmetology hours and ease reciprocity; HB 238 passes
Summary
House Bill 238 removes cosmetology licensure requirements for hair braiding, reduces cosmetology training hours from 2,000 to 1,600, improves reciprocity for out-of-state training and reassigns some services to the aestheticians' license. The House passed HB 238 69–0 after sponsoring amendment was adopted.
The Utah House on Feb. 27 passed House Bill 238, a package of cosmetology and hair-braiding reforms that sponsors described as deregulation and consumer-protection measures.
Representative Dunnegan moved Amendment 1 and outlined the bill's key changes: de-licensing hair braiding (so individuals may legally charge for braiding without a 2,000-hour cosmetology license), lowering the cosmetology-hour requirement from 2,000 to 1,600 hours, easing…
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