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Bill Professions and occupations; hair braiding. Clarifies that hair braiding is not a practice included under the definition of "cosmetology." us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2018 HB 555 Virginia HB 555 (2018)
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Virginia HB 555 (2018) — Professions and occupations; hair braiding.

Clarifies that hair braiding is not a practice included under the definition of "cosmetology."

Version chain

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

  1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB555ER) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105817D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101042D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
  • Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101042D introduction
  • 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2018-01-19 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2018-02-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2018-02-05 Read second time reading-2
  • 2018-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 18105817D-H1
  • 2018-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB555H1
  • 2018-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2018-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2018-02-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2018-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2018-02-28 Signed by President
  • 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
  • 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
  • 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b56ffe8-b1a8-4738-bc1c-07edf8b705fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).