S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8976
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
August 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
cosmetology licensees to disclose the price of cosmetology services at
booking and prior to the start of such services
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
404-d to read as follows:
§ 404-D. PRICING DISCLOSURES. EVERY LICENSEE SHALL DISCLOSE, AT THE
TIME OF BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR COSMETOLOGY SERVICES AND PRIOR TO THE
START OF SUCH SERVICES, THE PRICE OF SUCH SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT
SUCH APPOINTMENT. SUCH DISCLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
WRITTEN OR VERBAL INFORMATION DESCRIBING THE SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED
AND RULES SURROUNDING THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES FOR THE CUSTOMER
AND A VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BEFORE ANY SUCH
SERVICES CAN BE PERFORMED AT OR ABOUT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13265-01-5
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