SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, No. 2245

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 9, 2024

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably the Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 2245.

      This substitute authorizes the performance of services involving shampooing and rinsing hair for various individuals.  Under the substitute, a registered student in a program from cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, or barbering with at least 60 hours of course instruction in cosmetology and hairstyling completed may receive a shampoo permit.  The student may be a junior student, with less than half of coursework and training completed, or a senior student, with at least half of required coursework and training completed. 

      An individual who is not a registered student but seeks employment to shampoo and rinse hair can obtain employment as a shampoo technician through the substitute.  To do so, the individual is to complete 60 hours of training:  (1) offered by a school licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling or a public school vocational program approved by the State Board of Education; or (2) provided by a licensed shop, for a reasonable fee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      Fiscal information for this bill is currently unavailable.