HR 752: Joint Study Committee on Cosmetology and Barbering Education; create

The House Committee on Regulated Industries offers the following substitute to HR 752:

A RESOLUTION

Creating the Joint Study Committee on Cosmetology and Barbering Education; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the professions of cosmetology and barbering and schools for cosmetology and barbering are important to the growth and success of Georgia's economy; and

WHEREAS, accredited private schools of cosmetology, schools of hair design, schools of esthetics, schools of nail care, and schools of barbering in this state provide high quality education and training for their students so they can become licensed professionals, educators, and entrepreneurs; and

WHEREAS, such schools and their students do not receive the same opportunities to participate in workforce development programs or to obtain state funded scholarships, loans, and grants that may be available for comparable programs within the Technical College System of Georgia or for private postsecondary institutions; and

WHEREAS, state support for such schools and their students would contribute to the education and development of Georgia's workforce and to the growth and success of Georgia's economy.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

GEORGIA:

(1) Creation of joint study committee. There is created the Joint Study Committee on Cosmetology and Barbering Education.

(2) Members and officers.

(A) The committee shall be composed of seven members.

(B) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three members of the House of Representatives as members of the committee and shall designate one of such members as cochairperson.

(C) The President of the Senate shall appoint three members of the Senate as members of the committee and shall designate one of such members as cochairperson.

(D) The governor shall appoint one additional nonlegislative member with experience in cosmetology and barbering education.

(3) Powers and duties. The committee shall undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or appropriate.

(4) Meetings. The cochairpersons shall call all meetings of the committee. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and purposes of this resolution.

(5) Allowances, expenses, and funding.

(A) The legislative members of the committee shall receive the allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.

(B) Members of the committee who are state officials, other than legislative members, or state employees shall receive no compensation for their services on the committee, but they may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of the committee in the same manner as they are reimbursed for expenses in their capacities as state officials or employees.

(C) Members of the committee who are not legislators, state officials, or state employees shall receive a daily expense allowance in an amount the same as that specified in subsection (b) of Code Section 45-7-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, as well as the mileage or transportation allowance authorized for state employees.

(D) The allowances and expenses authorized by this resolution shall not be received by any member of the committee for more than five days unless additional days are authorized. Funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and Senate; except that funds for the reimbursement of the expenses of state officials, other than legislative members, and state employees shall come from funds appropriated to or otherwise available to their respective agencies.

(6) Report.

(A) In the event the committee adopts any specific findings or recommendations that include suggestions for proposed legislation, the cochairpersons shall file a report of the same prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution, subject to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.

(B) In the event the committee adopts a report that does not include suggestions for proposed legislation, the cochairpersons shall file the report, subject to subparagraph (C) of this paragraph.

(C) No report shall be filed unless the same has been approved prior to the date of abolishment specified in this resolution by majority vote of a quorum of the committee. A report so approved shall be signed by the cochairpersons of the committee and filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate.

(D) In the absence of an approved report, the cochairpersons may file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate copies of the minutes of the meetings of the committee in lieu thereof.

(7) Abolishment. The committee shall stand abolished on December 1, 2026.