ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 3882
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: MAY 13, 2024
The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably
Assembly Bill No. 3882.
This bill requires the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and
Hairstyling to establish requirements, as part of the curriculum
provided by schools licensed in the State to teach and train students in
cosmetology-hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, and hair braiding,
on working with textured hair. This includes training on working with
hair with various coil, curl, and wave patterns; hair strand thickness;
and volumes of hair. The training on textured hair is not intended to
expand the number of hours for the training in each type of profession
but instead, is to be included as part of the current curriculum.
Additionally, the examination required of an applicant for
licensure in cosmetology-hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, or hair
braiding is to include textured hair as part of the subject matter within
which the applicant is tested. The testing is to be part of the written
and practical portions of the examination. Under the bill, “textured
hair” is defined as hair that is coiled, curly, or wavy.