---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services."
description: "Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4331"
citation: "New Jersey A 4331 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Bagolie, Rosaura", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Speight, Shanique", "Turner, Shirley K."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bddf839-6691-4f4d-81e2-c0c7c807a9e2"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "f715db24570bbb2ba25023835ffe797a447f1f250869a233212f7d0777201d07"
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 4331 (221) — Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services.

## 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/A4500/4331_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ARP 9/12/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4331_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Conditional Veto 11/24/25** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4500/4331_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR GOV REC — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- McCann Stamato, Barbara — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Singer, Robert W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-09-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3227 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-11-13T05:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
- **2025-11-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.171. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bddf839-6691-4f4d-81e2-c0c7c807a9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).