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Bill	BARBER ACT-REGULATE THREADING	Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules concerning sanitation requirements, requirements for education on sanitation, and any other health concerns associated with threading. Defines "threading" as any technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and then pulling it from the skin; and may also include the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair. Provides that the term "cosmetology" does not include threading and that an "esthetician" does not mean a person who engages in threading and does not engage in the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2799	Illinois SB 2799 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2010-01-28	2010-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/1c3a2241-d07e-4763-a2ad-8f3b3a4aad8c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2799&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49802&SessionID=76&GA=96	3a77a11251de8ec6b1239be51390a9d7a9fc7f0f4f9f91efefa7df5c0565b25f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2799 (96th) — BARBER ACT-REGULATE THREADING

Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules concerning sanitation requirements, requirements for education on sanitation, and any other health concerns associated with threading. Defines "threading" as any technique that results in the removal of superfluous hair from the body by twisting thread around unwanted hair and then pulling it from the skin; and may also include the incidental trimming of eyebrow hair. Provides that the term "cosmetology" does not include threading and that an "esthetician" does not mean a person who engages in threading and does not engage in the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2010-01-28 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2010-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-10 Assigned to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Postponed - Licensed Activities
• 2010-02-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
• 2010-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2010
• 2010-02-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2010
• 2010-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-11 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2010
• 2010-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1076 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c3a2241-d07e-4763-a2ad-8f3b3a4aad8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).