bill dropping hair styling from licensed cosmetology

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89R2657 JTZ-D

By: Hall
S.B. No. 101

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1603.0011(a), Occupations Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) The practices of barbering and cosmetology consist of

performing or offering to perform for compensation any of the

following services:

(1) treating a person's hair by:

(A) providing any method of treatment in this

section as a primary service, including [ arranging, beautifying, ]

bleaching, [ cleansing, ] coloring, cutting, [ dressing, ] dyeing,

processing, shaping, singeing, [ straightening, styling, ] tinting,

or straightening or waving using reactive chemicals ;

(B) providing a necessary service that is

preparatory or ancillary to a service under Paragraph (A),

including bobbing, clipping, cutting, or trimming a person's hair

or shaving a person's neck with a safety razor; or

(C) cutting the person's hair as a separate and

independent service for which a charge is directly or indirectly

made separately from charges for any other service;

(2) treating a person's mustache or beard by

arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, trimming,

or shaving with a safety razor;

(3) cleansing, stimulating, or massaging a person's

[ scalp, ] face, neck, shoulders, or arms:

(A) by hand or by using a device, apparatus, or

appliance; and

(B) with or without the use of any cosmetic

preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream;

(4) beautifying a person's face, neck, shoulders, or

arms using a cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion,

powder, oil, clay, cream, or appliance;

(5) administering facial treatments;

(6) removing superfluous hair from a person's body

using depilatories, preparations or chemicals, tweezers, or other

devices or appliances of any kind or description;

(7) treating a person's nails by:

(A) cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting,

coloring, cleansing, manicuring, or pedicuring; or

(B) attaching false nails; or

(8) massaging, cleansing, treating, or beautifying a

person's hands or feet[ ; or

[ (9) weaving a person's hair by using any method to

attach commercial hair to a person's hair or scalp ].

SECTION 2. Section 1603.0012, Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 1603.0012. SERVICES NOT CONSTITUTING BARBERING OR

COSMETOLOGY. Barbering and cosmetology do not include:

(1) threading, which involves removing unwanted hair

from a person by using a piece of thread that is looped around the

hair and pulled to remove the hair and includes the incidental

trimming of eyebrow hair; [ or ]

(2) servicing a person's wig, toupee, or artificial

hairpiece on a person's head or on a block after the initial retail

sale in any manner described by Section 1603.0011(a)(1) ; or

(3) blow-dry styling, which includes the practice of

cleansing, conditioning, drying, arranging, curling,

straightening, or styling hair using only mechanical devices, hair

sprays, and topical agents, including balms, oils, and serums .

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.