House 4281

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 4281

BY Senator Rucker

Introduced; referred

to the Committee on

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to promulgate a legislative rule relating to qualifications, training, examination, and certification of instructors in barbering, hair styling, nail technology, aesthetics, waxing, and cosmetology.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-9-1. Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 28, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-27-6 of this code, modified by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 19, 2025, relating to the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists (qualifications, training, examination, and certification of instructors in barbering, hair styling, nail technology, aesthetics, waxing, and cosmetology, 3 CSR 02), is authorized with the amendments.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to promulgate a legislative rule relating to qualifications, training, examination, and certification of instructors in barbering, hair styling, nail technology, aesthetics, waxing, and cosmetology.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.