New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, D, went on a veto binge on August 26. He axed 22 bills, including one that would have created an exception to the overbearing occupational licensing regime that currently exists in New Jersey.
This bill would have allowed hair braiders to operate without a hair-dressing license that doesn’t even cover their specialty. It passed unanimously in the New Jersey legislature. But due to supposed concerns about customer safety, Murphy put a halt to the reform. Murphy should have supported the bill, because the benefits of helping the poor find honest work vastly outweigh the overblown safety concerns he raised.
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