---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists"
description: "Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 2325"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/308745ca-5953-4543-98e9-54e504c35df5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2325&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e9bb80ac6f239ef9605026285bfc82d4e02f30076a85c61b0bff85ef3219a52f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 2325 (2022) — Removing the requirement of continuing education for barbers and cosmetologists

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2325%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2325)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2325%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2325)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Foster — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Do pass
- **2022-01-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** Passed House (Roll No. 34) `passage`
- **2022-01-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-01-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** On 1st reading
- **2022-02-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2022-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** On 3rd reading
- **2022-02-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 84) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Communicated to House
- **2022-02-08** Completed legislative action
- **2022-02-09** House received Senate message
- **2022-02-15** To Governor 2/15/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-16** To Governor 2/15/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-15** To Governor 2/15/22 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-21** Approved by Governor 2/21/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-22** Approved by Governor 2/21/2022 - Senate Journal
- **2022-02-22** Approved by Governor 2/21/22 - House Journal
- **2022-04-19** Chapter 205, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/308745ca-5953-4543-98e9-54e504c35df5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).