Senator Collins, Bipartisan Group Introduce Bill to Help Beauty Professionals Identify and Respond to Domestic Violence

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), John Boozman (R-AR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the bipartisanSupporting the Abused by Learning Options to Navigate Survivor (SALONS) Stories Actto incentivize domestic violence awareness training for cosmetologists and beauty professionals.
“No state, no community, and no family is immune to the horrors of domestic violence. In Maine, domestic violence has historically been involved in approximately half of annual homicides. That’s unacceptable,”said Senator Collins. “Ending domestic violence requires an all-hands-on-deck approach, and theSALONS Stories Actwould equip cosmetologists with the tools they need to join the fight. It’s a bipartisan, commonsense idea that has the potential to save lives.”
In the United States, an average of three women are killed each day by an intimate partner, and one in four women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime. TheSALONS Stories Actwould provide grants to states that have in place laws requiring cosmetologists to undergo free and easily accessible domestic violence awareness training, while preserving states’ autonomy in setting their cosmetology standards.
The bill is endorsed by The Professional Beauty Association, the National Network to End Domestic Violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and YWCA USA.
The complete text of the bill can be readhere.
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