New York Assembly Bill A09068 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9068  IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to limiting the sale of chemical hair relaxers and at-home permanent hairstyle kits to licensed cosmetologists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 399-tt to read as follows: 3 § 399-tt. Sale of certain cosmetology products. 1. (a) For the 4 purposes of this section "chemical hair relaxer" shall mean any product 5 that is designed to straighten curly, coiled, or tightly coiled hair by 6 breaking the disulfide bonds found within a persons hair; 7 (b) "permanent hairstyle kit" shall mean any product that alters the 8 structure in a persons hair to create a hairstyle, otherwise known as, a 9 perm; and 10 (c) "entity" shall mean any business, firm, partnership, association, 11 limited liability company, or corporation. 12 2. Any entity licensed or authorized to do business in the state of 13 New York that provides cosmetology products shall only sell or offer for 14 retail sale chemical hair relaxers or permanent hairstyle kits to indi- 15 viduals licensed in the practice of cosmetology pursuant to article 16 twenty-seven of this chapter. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13814-01-3