LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
ASSEMBLY, No. 5867
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: DECEMBER 10, 2025
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Concerns licensure of persons in New Jersey who provide professional barbering services in another state or foreign country. |
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Type of Impact: |
Three-year State revenue and expenditure increases. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Department of Law and Public Safety. |
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Office of Legislative Services Estimate |
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Fiscal Impact Three-Year Extension of the Pilot Program |
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State Expenditure Increase |
Indeterminate |
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State Revenue Increase |
Indeterminate |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) notes that the bill’s three-year extension of the pilot program’s time frame that permits the issuance of provisional permits for barbering may result in annual increases in State revenue collections by indeterminate amounts from examination and certification fees, fines, and penalties.
· The OLS has no information on the number of new applicants who will apply for the provisional permit or the marginal regulatory cost for each new provisional permit holder, given that the cost will depend on operating decisions made by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill provides that persons who, prior to moving to New Jersey, rendered barbering services in another state or foreign country that does not issue licenses to provide barbering services, may qualify for a provisional permit under the three-year pilot program, which was established under P.L.2019, c.20 and is extended under this bill for an additional three years. Under the bill, the extended pilot program applies only to the cities of Elizabeth, Passaic, Paterson, and Perth Amboy.
Under the bill, a provisional permit issued under the pilot program remains valid for 120 days and can be extended if the applicant continues to meet the criteria of the pilot program and the application for issuance of a license remains pending.
Under current law, the three-year pilot program applies only to those persons who possess a license to render barbering services in another state or foreign country and meet certain other criteria.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS notes that the bill’s three-year extension of the pilot program’s time frame that permits the issuance of provisional permits for barbering may result in annual increases in State revenue collections from examination and certification fees, fines, and penalties by indeterminate amounts. In the absence of information regarding the demand for the extended provisional permits in the cities of Elizabeth, Passaic, Paterson, and Perth Amboy, the OLS cannot project the magnitude of the associated annual State revenue gain.
The OLS anticipates that the extended provisional permits for barbering would increase the recurring administrative expenditures of the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to issue and regulate new provisional permits. The OLS, however, has no information on the number of new applicants that will apply for the provisional permits or the marginal regulatory cost for each new permit, given that the cost will depend on operating decisions made by the board.
The FY 2026 Governor’s Budget indicated that in FY 2024 there were 95,674 licenses issued under the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling. A 2023 division report cited that “more than 70,510 beauticians, barbers, cosmetologists, hairstylists, skin care specialists and manicurists are licensed by the Board.” The board currently charges an examination fee of $50, plus an initial licensing fee of $90. The license renewal fee is $90 every two years.
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Analyst: |
Lead Fiscal Analyst |
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Approved: |
Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer |
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).