S 3445 — Modifies membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

S3445 1R [First Reprint] SENATE, No.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      As introduced.reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on June 24, 2026, with amendments.

       1.   1[1. Section 4 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-4) is amended to read as follows:

Section 4 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-4) is amended to read as follows:

P.L.2025, c.207, s.2)]1        11.

Section 4 of P.L.1984, c.205 (C.45:5B-4) is amended to read as follows:

     4.    There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.  The board shall consist of 13 members who are residents of the State, three of whom shall be public members, two appointed pursuant to subsection b.

of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2) and one additional public member, and one of whom shall be a State executive department member appointed pursuant to subsection c.

of section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2).  Of the remaining  nine members, [six] four shall hold practicing licenses issued by the board and shall have been engaged in the practice of [beauty culture, barbering, or cosmetology and hairstyling] the profession in which the member was licensed for at least five years prior to their appointments, but shall not have been engaged in the conduct of or teaching at a licensed school of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling, [and] two shall own or operate a hair braiding shop in this State, two shall own or operate a proprietary school of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling in the State, and one shall hold a teacher's license issued by the board and shall have been engaged in the teaching of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling or shall have been involved in the conduct of a licensed school of beauty culture or school of cosmetology and hairstyling in this State for at least five years prior to the appointment.  Of the [six] four members with practicing licenses issued by the board and the one member licensed by the board as a teacher, one shall have experience and training in providing services to individuals with textured hair prior to their appointment.  [The remaining one member appointed by the board created by this act shall hold a teacher's license issued by the board and shall have been engaged in the teaching of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling or shall have been involved in the conduct of a licensed school of beauty culture or school of cosmetology and hairstyling in this State for at least five years prior to the appointment.]1 (cf:

    STATEMENT        This bill revises the membership of the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

     Currently, the board requires three members of the public and one licensed teacher who engages in teaching at a licensed school of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling in New Jersey to be appointed.  The bill adjusts this to two members of the public, one individual representing public school vocational programs, and one individual representing private licensed schools of cosmetology and hairstyling.

     Moreover, the bill modifies the type of professional that is to be appointed to the board.

Instead of allotting six slots for cosmetologist-hairstylists, beauticians, and barbers, those same slots are to be filled by individuals licensed in any of the professions for which the board issues a license.  Under the bill, the board would still be required to appoint a State executive department member and two owners or operators of a hair braiding shop in the State.