Legislature(2015 - 2016)BARNES 124
03/21/2016 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| HB314 | |
| HB289 | |
| Adjourn |
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| *+ | HB 314 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 337 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| *+ | HB 289 | TELECONFERENCED | |
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HB 289-BOARD OF BARBERS AND HAIRDRESSERS
4:05:35 PM
CHAIR OLSON announced that the final order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 289, "An Act relating to the membership of the
Board of Barbers and Hairdressers."
4:05:45 PM
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX, speaking as the sponsor of HB 289, said
the bill does three things: 1.) changes the number of members
on the [Board of Barbers and Hairdressers,Division Of
Corporations,Business And Professional Licensing, Department of
Commerce, Community & EconomicDevelopment] from six to seven;
2.) decreases the number of licensed barbers on the board from
two persons to one person; 3.) adds a manicurist or a nail
technician to the board. She said the reason for the first
change is that seven members are needed on the board in order to
break a tie vote. The second change - to eliminate one barber
member - was because there are few licensed barbers in the
state. Finally, a manicurist or nail technician was needed on
the board to represent the many nail technicians in the state.
4:08:37 PM
CHAIR OLSON referred to related legislation passed in 2015.
4:08:43 PM
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX, in response to Chair Olson, said the
previous legislation did not give nail technicians a seat on the
board.
4:09:35 PM
CHAIR OLSON opened public testimony on HB 289.
4:09:56 PM
JEANNINE JABAAY, Public Member, Board of Barbers and
Hairdressers (board), Division of Corporations, Business, and
Licensing, Department of Commerce, Community & Economic
Development, said she was speaking on behalf of the board and
expressed its complete support of [HB 289]. The board currently
is a six-member board, which governs the licenses of Alaska's
barbers, hairdressers, nail technicians, manicurists,
estheticians, tattoo artists, body piercers, and permanent
cosmetic colorists, who make up the third largest group of
licensees in the state. The bill adds a seventh member to the
board to provide representation for nearly 1,000 nail
technicians and manicurists, and to balance overrepresentation
by barbers. In 2015, legislation was passed to require nail
technicians to obtain an education, and to pass a board
examination, which validates the industry and protects the
community. Ms. Jabaay said the [HB 289] would provide
representation to nail technician licensees, provide an odd-
numbered and more easily-obtainable quorum for the board, and
lower overrepresentation by barbers. Because there are only 152
licensed barbers in the state, vacant barber seats have been
hard to fill, and the bill allows for one of the barber seats to
be filled by any licensee. She closed, pointing out that the
board is receipt-supported and board members' travel
reimbursements are paid by licensing fees, without any state
funding.
REPRESENTATIVE LEDOUX asked whether a barber is only licensed to
cut men's hair.
MS. JABAAY answered that in Alaska, barbering and hairdressing
require 1,650 hours of education; hairdressing education
focusses on coloring and permanents, barbering education
focusses on using a straight razor, and hairdressers cannot use
a straight razor.
4:14:46 PM
CHAIR OLSON, after ascertaining no one else wished to testify,
closed public testimony.
[HB 289 was held over.]