Senate File 2119 - Enrolled Senate File 2119 AN ACT RELATING TO COSMETOLOGY AND THE PRACTICE OF THREADING. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 157.1, subsection 5, paragraph c, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: c. Removing superfluous hair from the face or body of a person with the use of depilatories, wax, sugars, threading, or tweezing. Sec. 2. Section 157.1, subsection 12, paragraph c, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: c. Removing superfluous hair from the body of a person by the use of depilatories, waxing, sugaring, tweezers, threading, or use of any certified laser products or intense pulsed light devices. This excludes threading and the practice of electrology, whereby hair is removed with an electric needle. Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 157.12B Threading. 1. A person engaged exclusively in the practice of threading is not required to receive a license issued under section 157.3. 2. A person may engage in the practice of threading at a location that is not licensed pursuant to section 157.11. 3. For the purposes of this section, “threading” means the removal of hairs from the eyebrows, upper lip, or other body parts by the use of a thread and includes the use of
Senate File 2119, p. 2 astringents, gels, powders, tweezers, and scissors incidental to the use of a thread. ______________________________ JAKE CHAPMAN President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2119, Eighty-ninth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2022 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor