There are lots of these type of laws and they exist to raise barriers to entry so that the people who do make it into the industry can make a living. In this case there were probably people who braid hair for a living who lobbied for the law. That's the same reason you need a license to cut hair.
I'm not sure of the proper name for when government is overly responsive to industry, but fascism is probably not the correct term.
I can kind of see basic licensing for doing things where a mistake can screw things up for a customer pretty bad. But that’s just showing just some basic competence; 2100 hours of training to braid hair is stupid.
Regulatory capture.
It’s statism. it is an example of an industry being in bed with a goverment. It is the complete opposite of capitalism. It is an exame of fascism. If a person is caught doing something as innocuos as braiding another person’s hair, the government will intervene and punish that person. That’s fascism and it is a Democrat’s creation I’d wager. It all seems silly and maybe it is on the surface but when you really think about it, it really isn’t.