Posted on 02/04/2017 2:47:59 PM PST by RC one
Thanks to legislation signed today, South Dakotans no longer need the government’s permission to braid hair. Signed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the bill, HB 1048, exempts natural hair braiders from the state’s thicket of cosmetology regulations.
Previously, braiders faced the toughest law in the nation. Before anyone could work twisting or braiding hair, they first had to obtain a cosmetology license. That license requires at least 2,100 hours of training, which can cost nearly $15,000 in tuition. Meanwhile, braiding without a permission slip from the government could lead to fines and even jail time. Adding to the absurdity, many cosmetology schools don’t even teach African-style braiding techniques, and those that do dedicate almost no time to the subject.
“Today’s signature is a win for entrepreneurship, economic liberty and just plain common sense,” noted Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Paul Avelar. “The government has no business licensing something as safe and common as braiding hair.”
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Oh noes! Catastrophe!
Countdown to the news of hair-braiding deaths and dismemberment ...
I know in Louisiana you can’t be a florist without a license.
Weird stuff.
All the protests, all the hunger strikes, all the rioting, all the civil disobedience and all the people who shed blood in the name of South Dakota hair braiding, have now fulfilled their dreams.
There will soon be a monument carved in to the side of Mt. Braidmore.
Who is surprised that the Gov is a pubbie?
(and who is surprised that it is not mentioned in the article?)
A driver's license should be good for life...
The license law in unending...
Can you imagine. What a world, what a country.
The Cosmetologists’ Union must be pissed.
As a former resident of SD I am relieved that I was never caught in violation of this law. I do not intend to turn myself in for past violations.
It’s a Regulation Nation.
I just have to wonder which US political party was primarily responsible for passing a fascist law like this in the first place.
Somebody needs to tell Rachel (”I identify as Black”)Dolezal.
Rumor is, she has some mad hair braiding skilz.
Win.
There are lots of these type of laws and they exist to raise barriers to entry so that the people who do make it into the industry can make a living. In this case there were probably people who braid hair for a living who lobbied for the law. That's the same reason you need a license to cut hair.
I'm not sure of the proper name for when government is overly responsive to industry, but fascism is probably not the correct term.
Well, if anyone is dumb enough to not check for licensed braiders, they get what they get.
I don’t think you understand the diseases that can be spread at the local beauty parlor.
If a town, county, or state wants to pass health laws that require health inspections and minimum requirements for these jobs, then it is none of the federal courts business.
Leave locals alone and let us govern ourselves.
scalps don’t count, we never braid those.
I can kind of see basic licensing for doing things where a mistake can screw things up for a customer pretty bad. But that’s just showing just some basic competence; 2100 hours of training to braid hair is stupid.
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