| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S10050
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
2025-S10050 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §404-d, Gen Bus L
2025-S10050 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S10050
SPONSOR: PERSAUD
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
appearance enhancement business and cosmetology licensees and trainees
to disclose the price of cosmetology services
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to establish conspicuous posting of current
prices for all services provided by appearance enhancement businesses
and cosmetology licensees, including any additional charges for supple-
mentary services.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Adds a new section 404-d, "Pricing Disclosure," and defines
the term "disclosure". It requires appearance enhancement businesses and
licensed cosmetologists to conspicuously post service fees-and any addi-
tional charges, ensuring customers are fully informed of all costs asso-
2025-S10050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10050
I N S E N A T E
April 24, 2026
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
appearance enhancement business and cosmetology licensees and trainees
to disclose the price of cosmetology 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. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
TERM "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. EVERY APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESS, LICENSEE AND TRAINEE SHALL:
(A) DISCLOSE, AT THE TIME OF BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT FOR COSMETOLOGY
SERVICES, PRIOR TO THE START OF SUCH SERVICES, UPON A CHANGE IN THE
SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED, AND PRIOR TO PAYMENT BEING ACCEPTED, THE PRICE
OF SUCH SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT SUCH APPOINTMENT, FACTORS WHICH MAY
CAUSE THE PRICE TO BE HIGHER THAN SUCH PRICE, AND THE RANGE OF POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL CHARGES WHERE SUCH FACTORS PERTAIN.
(B) POST WHEREVER SUCH SERVICES CAN BE BOOKED, AT EACH COUNTER OR DESK
AT WHICH ORDERS CAN BE PLACED, AND WHERE PAYMENT FOR SUCH SERVICES IS
ACCEPTED, A LIST CONSPICUOUSLY DISPLAYING THE CURRENT PRICE OF THE BASIC
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE APPEARANCE ENHANCEMENT BUSINESS, LICENSEE AND
TRAINEE, FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE THE PRICE TO BE HIGHER THAN THE BASIC
PRICE, AND THE RANGE OF THE POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL CHARGES WHEN SUCH VARI-
ABLES PERTAIN.
3. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS ARTICLE, VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A CIVIL
PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
§ 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.
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