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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair."
+description: "Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "S 2495"
+citation: "New Jersey S 2495 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McKnight, Angela V.", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Sumter, Shavonda E."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e815e914-2918-4a51-a46a-6610b3237267"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "654658f75af88f200e082f832d421c59e2e1e9bcc0493ac8eec56947028f966b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 2495 (221) — Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2495_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint ACE 11/24/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2495_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint SCM 5/13/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S2500/2495_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
+- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
+- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
+- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Venezia, Michael — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3882 (1R)
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.207. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e815e914-2918-4a51-a46a-6610b3237267`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+