HB 281 — HAIR BRAIDING LICENSURE

HOUSEAN BILLACT 281RELATING 57THTO LEGISLATURELICENSURE; - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSION, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Janelle Anyanonu and Pamelya Herndon and Harold Pope and Patricia Roybal Caballero This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

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SectionDEFINITIONS.--As 61-17A-2used NMSAin 1978the (beingBarbers Lawsand 1993,Cosmetologists lAct: ] b ,d i a º e Chapter 171, Section 2, as amended) is amended to read:

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DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Barbers and d m :

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"establishment" means an immobile beauty shop, h barber shop, electrology clinic, salon or similar place of g o t hr business in which cosmetology, barbering, eyebrow threading, g e i k hairstyling or electrolysis is performed;

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"esthetician" means a person, other than a h , t, student, who for compensation:

e u g e b l e e h (1) uses cosmetic preparations, including n d d i = = o h makeup applications, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or l ] b ,d i a º e creams, for the purpose of preserving the health and beauty of r i = r t e w d m a n o the skin and body;

d(2) mmassages, :cleans, stimulates or manipulates the skin for the purpose of preserving the health and beauty of the skin and body;

b e d s º o t n = .229046.3AIC March 1, 2025 (9:59pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (2) massages, cleans, stimulates or manipulates the skin for the purpose of preserving the health and beauty of the skin and body;

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"hairstylist" means a person, other than a h student, who for compensation engages in hairstyling;

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"manicurist-pedicurist" means a person, g e i k other than a student, who for compensation performs work on the h r i s nails of a person and applies nail extensions or products to h , t, the nails for the purpose of strengthening or preserving the e u g e b l e e h health and beauty of the hands or feet;

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"sanitation" means the maintenance of l ] b ,d i a º e sanitary conditions to promote hygiene and the prevention of r i = r t e w d m a n o disease through the use of chemical agents or products;

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cleansing, massaging or stimulating the scalp with oils, creams, lotions or other cosmetic or chemical HB 281/a Page 3 preparations;

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applying cosmetic or chemical preparations, g o t hr antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to the scalp;

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cutting, arranging, applying hair extensions to h r i s or styling the hair by any means;

provided that hairstyling h , t, does not include hair braiding;

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cleansing, coloring, lightening, waving or n d d i = = o h straightening the hair with cosmetic or chemical preparations;

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trimming a person's beard." dSECTION m3. :

b e d s º o t n = .229046.3AIC March 1, 2025 (9:59pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d SECTION 3.

Unless licensed by the board pursuant to the HB 281/a Page 4 Barbers and Cosmetologists Act, no person shall practice as a h manicurist-pedicurist, esthetician or electrologist for g o t hr compensation.