State Sen. Fred Madden Jr. said Nzali visited him at his district office in Gloucester County late last year and explained the hardship the licensing law was causing for braiders. He agreed to sponsor a companion bill in the Senate that would be identical to McKnight's. "Had [Nzali] not come to me, I wouldn't have known of the issue." Even with the change, he said, "there will be some oversight. The braiders will have to register as businesses."