License no longer required to blow dry, shampoo or style hair in Arizona

PHOENIX – It no longer requires a license to blow dry, shampoo or style hair in Arizona.

Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed legislation repealing occupational licensing requirements for people providing “dry bar” services that don’t include applying chemicals or cutting hair.

“It’s ridiculous that government bureaucrats would require 1,000 training hours before someone can start a job blow drying hair,” Ducey said in a press release.

“This bill ends that foolishness.”

This is a victory for common sense. Arizonans no longer need 1000 hours of training to simply blow dry hair. Thank you @MichelleUgenti for getting this reform done! #OpenForOpportunity pic.twitter.com/whMeKHH82L

— Doug Ducey (@dougducey) April 16, 2019

SB 1401 was sponsored by Republican Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita. It passed the Senate in February with a bipartisan 21-9 vote and was approved 31-26 on a party-line vote in the House last week.

“There is no rationale for these hard-working people to put in as many as 1,600 hours and spend $10,000 or more to earn a license,” Ugenti-Rita said in a press release.

“There are a lot of jobs in this growing part of the cosmetology field, and our state shouldn’t be standing in the way of these opportunities.”

Last week, Ducey signed a bill that made Arizona the first state to recognize professional licenses issued by other states.

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