SB 101

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
(a)  The practices of barbering and cosmetology consist of
performing or offering to perform for compensation any of the
(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
(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
(8)  massaging, cleansing, treating, or beautifying a
[(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
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
(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.