Senate Bill 1112 Summary

• Creates a new "hair stylist" license category under Michigan's occupational code, allowing individuals to practice hair styling services separately from full cosmetology licensure.

• Establishes hair stylist licensure requirements: minimum age 17, good moral character, ninth-grade education equivalent, and completion of either 1,100 hours of training in a licensed school or 2-year apprenticeship in a licensed establishment offering hair styling services.

• Adds new definitions to the occupational code including "hair styling" (replacing "hair care services"), "hair stylist," "natural hair cultivation," and "natural hair culturist" to clarify scope of services and distinguish specialized practitioners.

• Modifies school of cosmetology requirements to permit natural hair cultivation instruction and establishes that students may practice on the public after completing specified training hours (350 hours for general cosmetology; 1/4 of required hours for specialty curricula).

• Effective 90 days after enactment, contingent on passage of SB 1111 (indicated by tie-bar provision).