A 8976: Requires cosmetology licensees to disclose the price of cosmetology services at booking and prior to the start of such services.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8976 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY August 13, 2025 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 2 404-d to read as follows: 3 § 404-d. Pricing disclosures. Every licensee shall disclose, at the 4 time of booking an appointment for cosmetology services and prior to the 5 start of such services, the price of such services to be provided at 6 such appointment. Such disclosure shall include, but not be limited to, 7 written or verbal information describing the services to be performed 8 and rules surrounding the provision of such services for the customer 9 and a verbal description of the services to be performed before any such 10 services can be performed at or about the time of the appointment. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13265-01-5