HB 4667 — relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology

CS for HB 4667 WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION IntroducedCommittee Substitute for House Bill 4667 By Delegate Crouse [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 21,the 2026;Subcommittee on Government Administration;

referredReported toon theFebruary Committee13, on2026] GovernmentCS Organization]for Intr HB 2026R19304667 A BILL to amend and reenact §30-27-3 and §30-27-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;

and to amend said code by adding a new section, designated §30-27-8c, all relating to professions regulated by the practiceBoard of barberingBarbers and cosmetology;Cosmetologists;

includingproviding for a salon training program;

Definitions.

Intr1 CS for HB 2026R19304667 (c) "Applicant" means a person making application for a professional license, license, certificate, registration, permit, or renewal under the provisions of this article.

"Blow-dry styling" means the practice of shampooing, conditioning, drying, arranging, curling, straightening or styling hair using only mechanical devices, hair sprays and topical agents, 2 CS for HB 4667 such as balms, oils and serums, including the use and styling of hair extensions, hair pieces and wigs.

"Blow-dry styling" excludes cutting hair or the application of dyes, bleach, reactive chemicals, keratin treatments or other preparations to color or alter the structure of human hair, and is distinct from aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nail care.

(j) "Certificate" means an instructor certificate to teach in a school under the provisions of Intr HB 2026R1930 this article or a document issued by the board for certification obtained pursuant to §30-27-8b of this code.

3 CS for HB 4667 (5) The wrapping of another person’s body in a body wrap;

“Direct supervision” means the actual physical presence of a practitioner licensed or certified pursuant to this article on the premises where a supervisee is rendering services, who is readily and quickly available to the supervisee, and who inspects the supervisee’s work at least once while services are being rendered.

(1) For schools, a master or certified instructor is on the premises and is quickly and easily Intr HB 2026R1930 available;

(p) "Hair styling"braiding" means anythe oneservice of twisting, locking, wrapping, weaving, cornrowing, extending, or anybraiding combinationhair by hand or with mechanical devices, including the use of natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair and fibers, decorative beads or other hair accessories, the followingminor actstrimming whenof donenatural onhair or hair extensions incidental to twisting, locking, wrapping, weaving, cornrowing, extending, or braiding hair, and the headmaking and necklacing forof compensationwigs from natural hair, natural fibers, synthetic fibers and nothair forextensions, as well as the treatmentuse of disease:topical agents such as conditioners, gels, moisturizers, oils, pomades and shampoos.

"Natural hair braiding" excludes the application of dyes, reactive chemicals or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair or the use of chemical hair joining agents such as synthetic tape, keratin bonds or fusion bonds, and is distinct from aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nail care.

(p) "Hair styling" means any one or any combination of the following acts when done on the 4 CS for HB 4667 head and neck for compensation and not for the treatment of disease:

"Makeup application" means the application of a cosmetic to enhance the appearance of the face or skin including powder, foundation, rouge, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and lipstick, including the application of makeup applied using an airbrush.

"Makeup application" excludes the application of permanent makeup or tattooing, and is distinct from aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nail care.

5 CS for HB 4667 (1) The cleansing, dressing, or polishing of nails of a person;

Intr HB 2026R1930 (2) Performing artificial nail service;

(ff)"Threading" "Waxing specialist" means a personmethod certifiedof underremoving hair from the provisionseyebrows, ofupper thislip articleor whoother engagesbody inparts by using a cotton thread to pull hair from follicles, including the practiceuse of waxingover-the-counter andastringents, tweezinggels, ofpowders, hairtweezers onand anotherscissors person’sincidental body.to threading.

(gg) Hair braiding, threading, and any other item not spelled out are not regulated by the West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists.

(hh) "Hair braiding" means the service of twisting, locking, wrapping, weaving, cornrowing, extending, or braiding hair by hand or with mechanical devices, including the use of natural or synthetic hair extensions, natural or synthetic hair and fibers, decorative beads or other hair Intr HB 2026R1930 accessories, the minor trimming of natural hair or hair extensions incidental to twisting, locking, wrapping, weaving, cornrowing, extending, or braiding hair, and the making and lacing of wigs from natural hair, natural fibers, synthetic fibers and hair extensions, as well as the use of topical agents such as conditioners, gels, moisturizers, oils, pomades and shampoos.

"Natural hair braiding" excludes the application of dyes, reactive chemicals or other preparations to alter the color of the hair or to straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair or the use of chemical hair joining agents such as synthetic tape, keratin bonds or fusion bonds, and is distinct from aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nail care.

(ii) "Threading" means a method of removing hair from the eyebrows, upper lip or other body parts by using a cotton thread to pull hair from follicles, including the use of over-the-counter astringents, gels, powders, tweezers and scissors incidental to threading.

(jj)(ff) "Blow-dry"Waxing styling"specialist" means thea practiceperson ofcertified shampooing,under conditioning,the drying,provisions arranging,of curling,this straighteningarticle orwho stylingengages hairin usingthe onlypractice mechanicalof devices,waxing hair sprays and topicaltweezing agents, such as balms, oils and serums, including the use and styling of hair extensions,on hairanother piecesperson’s andbody. wigs.

"Blow-dry6 styling"CS excludesfor cuttingHB hair4667 or(gg) theHair applicationbraiding, ofthreading, dyes,blow-dry bleach,styling, reactivemakeup chemicals,application, keratinand treatmentsany or other preparationsitem tonot colorspelled orout alterare thenot structureregulated ofby humanthe hair,West andVirginia isBoard distinctof fromBarbers aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nailCosmetologists. care.

(kk)§30-27-8. "Makeup application" means the application of a cosmetic to enhance the appearance of the face or skin including powder, foundation, rouge, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and lipstick, including the application of makeup applied using an airbrush.

"Makeup application" excludes the application of permanent makeup or tattooing, and is distinct from aesthetics, barbering, barber permanent waving, cosmetology, hair styling, and nail care.

Hair braiding, threading, blow-dry styling, makeup application, and any other item not spelled out are not regulated by the West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists.

Intr HB 2026R1930 §30-27-8.

and 7 CS for HB 4667 Has fulfilled any other requirement specified by the Board.

A license to practice issued by the board prior to July 1, 2016, shall for all purposes be Intr HB 2026R1930 considered a professional license issued under this article:

A salon that registers with the board may employ persons, without regard to the person’s licensure status, to provide the services of shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair under the generaldirect supervision of a licensee who regularly provides the services.

A person providing services without a license shall first complete up to four hours of education related to the barbering and cosmetology laws in this article and rules and sanitation, as approved by the board, before offering services permitted under the program.

The board may inspect a participating salon as the board deems necessary to ensure compliance with these 8 CS for HB 4667 requirements.

The salon shall disclose in writing prior to the consumer’s receipt of services from an Intr HB 2026R1930 unlicensed provider that the salon is participating in the program and that the provider is not licensed.

This salon employs unlicensed providers who work under the generaldirect supervision of licensed providers.

The services you are receiving are from an unlicensed provider participating in this program." In addition to any other remedy provided by law, in anany civil action basedwhere onthe fault of an injuryunlicensed employee, or the fault of an unlicensed employee’s supervisor or employer, is alleged to havebe the direct and proximate cause of an injury which occurred in a salon participating in the salon training program, a prevailing partyplaintiff may recover reasonable attorney’s fees and receiveexpenses. other equitable relief as determined by the court.

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