![]() ![]() However, according to WDRB, the Kentucky Congress of Cosmetologists, a trade association representing license holders, is “lobbying the state to revise its new law, claiming it’s dangerous for customers.” Stephanie Hicks, of the Kentucky Congress of Cosmetologists, objected to the new law saying, “They’re braiding with the lack of knowledge in caring for the scalp, scalp disorders, skin disorders…Basically, it’s like discrimination…You are singling out one group from the rest.” ![]() Natural hair braider Kine Gueye told WDRB, “I am free now, and everyone else… isters, aunties and anyone else braiding hair all over Louisville: you are free to open your shop.” Prior to the bill’s passage, the penalties for braiding hair without a license were up to $500 in fines and up to six months in jail. ![]() Matt Bevin signed SB269 into law, which exempts hair braiders from needing to spend 1,800 hours and up to $20,000 to obtain a cosmetology license to go into business for themselves. The Institute for Justice’s Activism team helped Kentucky hair braiders organize to demand reforms to the state’s cosmetology licensing laws. On April 8, Kentucky became the latest state to exempt hair braiders from cosmetology licensing laws. Hair braiders in Kentucky were finally untangled from burdensome and unnecessary laws earlier this month. ![]()
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