STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. 3075

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2423

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2423 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COSMETOLOGY LICENSE RESTORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow a forfeited beauty operator or instructor license to be restored more than three years after it has lapsed, at the discretion of the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (Board).

The Board submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that under the current law, the Board regulates and oversees the barbering and cosmetology professions. Regulation of the licensing of these professions is currently inconsistent. Whereas a barber's license may be restored after the three-year period, the restoration of a beauty operator's or instructor's license may only be granted within three years after the license's lapse. As a result, a number of beauty operators and instructors have lost their licenses, thereby diminishing the public's choices for obtaining beauty services within the State.

Therefore, your Committee determines that parity should exist in the regulation of the barbering and cosmetology professions in order to provide equal opportunities to qualified individuals to remain licensed professionals in their respective fields. Such parity will allow the Board to restore a beauty operator's or instructor's license after the current three-year period based upon relevant criteria of its own determination.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2423, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

		____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair