republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2799.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "BARBER ACT-REGULATE THREADING"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2799"
citation: "Illinois SB 2799 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-28"
last_action: "2010-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c3a2241-d07e-4763-a2ad-8f3b3a4aad8c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2799&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49802&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "3a77a11251de8ec6b1239be51390a9d7a9fc7f0f4f9f91efefa7df5c0565b25f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2799&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49802&DocNum=2799&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2799eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49802&DocNum=2799&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2799enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49802&DocNum=2799&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c3a2241-d07e-4763-a2ad-8f3b3a4aad8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).