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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia authorizes Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to enact waxing specialist rules
Last action · January 30, 2026: To House JudiciarySponsor: Doug Smith
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia authorizes the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to put into effect a regarding waxing specialists filed in the State Register on July 28, 2025.
Gives legal backing to specific professional regulations governing waxing specialists under West Virginia code.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
Receives authorization to promulgate a specific legislative rule.
Waxing specialists
Subject to the newly authorized legislative rule governing their profession.
Key Facts
- Authorizes the legislative rule filed by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists in the State Register on July 28, 2025.
- The authorized rule relates to waxing specialists (3 CSR 14).
- Amends and reenacts §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Jan 30, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Judiciary
- Jan 30, 2026HouseDo pass, but first to Judiciary
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo House Government Organization
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced in House
- Jan 14, 2026HouseCommitteeTo Government Organization then Judiciary
- Jan 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled for introduction
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 20)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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