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S3501
SENATE, No. 3501
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
�
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
���� Revises membership of New Jersey State Board of
Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
��
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
]
15
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 four members, two shall represent public school vocational programs
in cosmetology and hairstyling approved by the State Board of Education and two
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 one licensed teacher who has engaged in teaching
at a licensed school of beauty culture or cosmetology and hairstyling in New
Jersey to be appointed. Under the bill, two individuals representing public
school vocational programs are to be appointed to the board. Two individuals
representing private licensed schools of cosmetology and hairstyling are also
to be appointed.
���� Additionally, the bill
modifies the number of public members on the board. Currently, three public
members are appointed. The bill adjusts this to two members who are to
represent the interests of the public. 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. With the revisions, total board membership is
expanded from 13 to 15 individuals.�