South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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A283, R294, H3411

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. R.L. Brown, G.A. Brown, Cobb-Hunter, Mitchell, Neal, Weeks, Whipper, Williams and Gilliard
Document Path: l:\council\bills\agm\19851ab13.docx

Introduced in the House on January 23, 2013
Introduced in the Senate on February 28, 2013
Passed by the General Assembly on May 29, 2014
Governor's Action: June 11, 2014, Signed

Summary: Hair braiding

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/23/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 42)
   1/23/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and 
                        Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 42)
   2/20/2013  House   Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public 
                        and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 35)
   2/26/2013  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gilliard
   2/27/2013  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 51)
   2/27/2013  House   Roll call Yeas-79  Nays-27 (House Journal-page 51)
   2/28/2013  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 37)
   2/28/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 14)
   2/28/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 14)
   4/15/2014  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 25)
   5/28/2014  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 43)
   5/28/2014  Senate  Roll call Ayes-40  Nays-3 (Senate Journal-page 43)
   5/29/2014  Senate  Read third time and enrolled (Senate Journal-page 46)
    6/5/2014          Ratified R 294
   6/11/2014          Signed By Governor
   6/18/2014          Effective date 06/11/14
   6/26/2014          Act No. 283

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/23/2013
2/20/2013
4/15/2014


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A283, R294, H3411)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 40-7-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "HAIR BRAIDING" ASSOCIATED WITH THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF BARBERS, SO AS TO PERMIT THE USE OF HAIR EXTENSIONS IN HAIR BRAIDING, EXCEPT IN PUBLIC PLACES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Hair extensions permitted, exception

SECTION    1.    Section 40-7-20(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(2)    'Hair braiding' means the weaving or interweaving of natural human hair for compensation without cutting, coloring, permanent waving, relaxing, removing, or chemical treatment. Hair braiding also includes the use of hair extensions, except when used in public places including, but not limited to, beaches, parks, and sidewalks."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 5th day of June, 2014.

Approved the 11th day of June, 2014.

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