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A1653
ASSEMBLY, No. 1653
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MELINDA KANE
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
���� Modifies membership of New Jersey State Board of
Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
��
An Act
concerning the membership of the New Jersey State Board
of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and amending P.L.1984, c.205.
����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� 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
]
two
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
]
Six
of the remaining members
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.�
[
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
]
Of the
remaining two members, one shall represent public school vocational programs in
cosmetology and hairstyling approved by the State Board of Education and one
shall represent licensed private schools of cosmetology and hairstyling
.
(cf: P.L.2018, c.126, s.2)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
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.