---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts persons providing hair braiding services from licensure requirement, requires registration of hair braiding establishments."
description: "Exempts persons providing hair braiding services from licensure requirement, requires registration of hair braiding establishments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 3754"
citation: "New Jersey A 3754 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barclay, Arthur", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pennacchio, Joseph", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-04T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edcdcb4-c97f-4aca-a344-adddffa3926d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e75aeaf78a6792371a691411c56cdf79e6c521df791de4e8c439bf85523dc22f"
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 A 3754 (218) — Exempts persons providing hair braiding services from licensure requirement, requires registration of hair braiding establishments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4000/3754_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A4000/3754_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **70–5** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barclay, Arthur — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2510
- **2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-0) `passage`
- **2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2018-08-27T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (70-5-3) `passage`
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (23-13) `passage`
- **2018-10-04T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.126. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5edcdcb4-c97f-4aca-a344-adddffa3926d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).