SB   4-NON-CHEMICAL BARBERING;HAIR BRAIDING                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:11:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO  announced that  the final order  of business  would be                                                              
SENATE BILL  NO. 4, "An Act relating  to the Board of  Barbers and                                                              
Hairdressers; and  relating to a limited license  to practice non-                                                              
chemical barbering."                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:12:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  PETER MICCICHE,  Alaska  State Legislature,  reintroduced                                                              
SB  4  as prime  sponsor.    He  stated the  proposed  bill  would                                                              
clarify  that   owners  must  conspicuously  display   their  shop                                                              
licenses  so that practitioners  in the  shop are  not cited.   It                                                              
would allow shops  to self-certify. The bill would  create two new                                                              
license types  for non-chemical  barbers and left  the traditional                                                              
barber license.  He added that bill would reduce training hours.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:14:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RACHEL  HANKE,   Staff,  Senator  Peter  Micciche,   Alaska  State                                                              
Legislature, presented  SB 4 on behalf of Senator  Micciche, prime                                                              
sponsor.   She added  the bill would  also separate  tattooing and                                                              
cosmetic  coloring into  two separate  licenses  and would  expand                                                              
the   definition  of   tattooing  to   include  microblading   and                                                              
microneedling.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:14:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  WOOL asked  about the hours  of training  required                                                              
for  non-chemical  barbers.    He asked  whether  the  hours  were                                                              
determined by the board.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR MICCICHE answered it would be the board's decision.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:15:46 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  KITO opened  public testimony  on SB  4. Upon  ascertaining                                                              
that  no   one  was  available   to  testify,  he   closed  public                                                              
testimony.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR KITO commented that it makes sense to look at and fix                                                                     
outdated statues.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:17:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE WOOL moved to report SB 4 out of committee with                                                                  
individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                   
There being no objection, it was so ordered.