LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
SENATE, No. 2773
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
DATED: JULY 18, 2023
SUMMARY
Synopsis: Permits cosmetology and hairstyling students with at least 60 hours of
course instruction in cosmetology and hairstyling to receive student
permit to wash hair.
Type of Impact: Annual State Revenue and Expenditure Increases.
Agencies Affected: Department of Law and Public Safety.
Office of Legislative Services Estimate
Annual Fiscal Impact
State Cost Increase Indeterminate
State Revenue Increase Indeterminate
 The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) notes that the bill’s expansion of a student permit to
junior students to shampoo and rinse hair will result in annual increases in State revenue
collections from permit fees, fines, and penalties by indeterminate amounts.
 The OLS has no information on the number of new students that will apply for the permit or
the marginal regulatory cost per new permit holder, given that the cost will depend on operating
decisions made by the Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill permits a cosmetology and hairstyling student with at least 60 hours of course
instruction in cosmetology and hairstyling to receive a student permit to shampoo hair.
Presently, in order to obtain a student permit to practice cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty
culture, barbering, manicuring, or skin care, as appropriate based on the course of instruction in
which the student is enrolled, an applicant is required to be a senior student, which requires a
student to have completed half of the total hours of instruction in the requisite program.
Under this bill, a junior student in a course of instruction in cosmetology and hairstyling would
be eligible to obtain a student permit to shampoo and rinse hair if the student submits to the Board
Office of Legislative Services Legislative Budget and Finance Office
State House Annex Phone (609) 847-3105
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of Cosmetology and Hairstyling satisfactory evidence that the student has completed at least 60
hours of relevant course instruction and has met other certain health requirements.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS notes that the bill’s expansion of a student permit to junior students to shampoo and
rinse hair will result in annual increases in State revenue collections from permit fees, fines, and
penalties by indeterminate amounts. In the absence of information regarding demand for the
expanded student permit, the OLS cannot project the magnitude of the associated annual State
revenue gain. The student permit fee is currently $5 per applicant.
The OLS anticipates that the expanded student permit would increase the recurring
administrative expenditures of the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to issue new
permits and regulate the new junior students. The OLS, however, has no information on the
number of new applicants that will apply for the expanded student permit or the marginal
regulatory cost per new permit holder, given that the cost will depend on operating decisions made
by the board.
Section: Law and Public Safety
Analyst: Kristin Brunner Santos
Lead Fiscal Analyst
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.).


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 45:5B-25