THERE'S been some major hair care developments this week in the US state of Idaho, where it will soon no longer be illegal to braid someone's hair without a government-issued licence.
The Idaho House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to "free the braids" from legislation which covers a range of cosmetology licensing requirements.
A pending legal case against the Idaho Board of Cosmetology appears to have prompted the change, alleging that hair braiding is part of licensing requirements involving 1,600 hours of training.
"This would exempt hair braiding from that rule, so that an individual who practices hair braiding would not have to go through 1,600 hours of cosmetology school," said one of the bill's sponsors, Democratic rep Colin Nash.
The tangled path of legislation means the bill now needs to be approved by the Idaho Senate and be signed into law by the state governor.
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