S 3445 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Modifies membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

This bill changes the composition of New Jersey's State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling. It reduces the number of public members from three to two, adds one representative from public school vocational programs in cosmetology, and one from private cosmetology schools. The bill also broadens the requirement for licensed professionals on the board to include any licensed cosmetology, barbering, or hairstyling practitioner (instead of specifying those professions), while maintaining requirements for two hair braiding shop owners/operators and one State executive department member. These changes directly affect who serves on the board, which oversees licensing and regulations for cosmetology professionals in New Jersey.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 9, 2026 Last action Jun 30, 2026
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Introduced Reprint · 4 edits
MODERATE
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee amended S3445 to reduce the number of practicing license holders on the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling from six to four, broaden the profession eligibility language, and add a requirement that one board member have experience serving individuals with textured hair. The changes reshape the board's composition to be less narrowly focused on specific licensed professions.
ELIGIBILITY

Reduced the number of board members required to hold practicing licenses from six to four

DEFINITION

Broadened the profession requirement for practicing license holders from 'beauty culture, barbering, or cosmetology and hairstyling' to 'the profession in which the member was licensed,' making it more inclusive of all board-issued licenses

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that one of the four practicing license holders or the teacher-licensed member must have experience and training in providing services to individuals with textured hair prior to appointment

SCOPE

Removed the separate provision designating the 'remaining one member' as a teacher, consolidating the teacher seat into the broader board composition language

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jun 30, 2026
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
lower
Jun 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by the Senate (40-0)
upper
Jun 22, 2026
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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