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2025 and 2026 HB3318 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1 Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the use of hydrodermabrasion devices such as the Hydrafacial machine, when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder, constitutes the practice of cosmetology and the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately. LRB104 11139 AAS 21221 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3318 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1 225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1 225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1 Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the use of hydrodermabrasion devices such as the Hydrafacial machine, when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder, constitutes the practice of cosmetology and the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately. LRB104 11139 AAS 21221 b LRB104 11139 AAS 21221 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3318 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1 225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1 225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1
225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the use of hydrodermabrasion devices such as the Hydrafacial machine, when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder, constitutes the practice of cosmetology and the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair
5 Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985 is amended by
6 changing Sections 3A-1 and 3-1 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 410/3-1) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
9 Sec. 3-1. Cosmetology defined. Any one or any combination
10 of the following practices constitutes the practice of
11 cosmetology when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and
12 not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous
13 disorder: arranging, braiding, dressing, cutting, trimming,
14 curling, waving, chemical restructuring, shaping, singeing,
15 bleaching, coloring or similar work, upon the hair of the head
16 or any cranial prosthesis; cutting or trimming facial hair of
17 any person; any practice of manicuring, pedicuring, decorating
18 nails, applying sculptured nails or otherwise artificial nails
19 by hand or with mechanical or electrical apparatus or
20 appliances, or in any way caring for the nails or the skin of
21 the hands or feet including massaging the hands, arms, elbows,
22 feet, lower legs, and knees of another person for other than
23 the treatment of medical disorders; any practice of epilation
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3318 Introduced , by Rep. Margaret Croke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1 225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1 225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1
225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Provides that the use of hydrodermabrasion devices such as the Hydrafacial machine, when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder, constitutes the practice of cosmetology and the practice of esthetics. Effective immediately.
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225 ILCS 410/3-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703-1
225 ILCS 410/3A-1 from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1
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1 or depilation of any person; any practice for the purpose of
2 cleansing, massaging or toning the skin of the scalp;
3 beautifying, massaging, cleansing, exfoliating, or stimulating
4 the stratum corneum of the epidermis by the use of cosmetic
5 preparations, body treatments, body wraps, the use of
6 hydrotherapy, or any device, electrical, mechanical, or
7 otherwise, including hydrodermabrasion devices such as the
8 Hydrafacial machine; applying make-up or eyelashes to any
9 person or lightening or coloring hair on the body and removing
10 superfluous hair from the body of any person by the use of
11 depilatories, waxing, threading, or tweezers. The term
12 "cosmetology" does not include the services provided by an
13 electrologist. Nail technology is the practice and the study
14 of cosmetology only to the extent of manicuring, pedicuring,
15 decorating, and applying sculptured or otherwise artificial
16 nails, or in any way caring for the nail or the skin of the
17 hands or feet including massaging the hands, arms, elbows,
18 feet, lower legs, and knees. Cosmetologists are prohibited
19 from using any technique, product, or practice intended to
20 affect the living layers of the skin. The term cosmetology
21 includes rendering advice on what is cosmetically appealing,
22 but no person licensed under this Act shall render advice on
23 what is appropriate medical treatment for diseases of the
24 skin. Purveyors of cosmetics may demonstrate such cosmetic
25 products in conjunction with any sales promotion and shall not
26 be required to hold a license under this Act. Nothing in this
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1 Act shall be construed to prohibit the shampooing of hair by
2 persons employed for that purpose and who perform that task
3 under the direct supervision of a licensed cosmetologist or
4 licensed cosmetology teacher.
5 (Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15.)
6 (225 ILCS 410/3A-1) (from Ch. 111, par. 1703A-1)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
8 Sec. 3A-1. Esthetics defined.
9 (A) Any one or combination of the following practices,
10 when done for cosmetic or beautifying purposes and not for the
11 treatment of disease or of a muscular or nervous disorder,
12 constitutes the practice of esthetics:
13 1. Beautifying, massaging, cleansing, exfoliating, or
14 stimulating the stratum corneum of the epidermis by the
15 use of cosmetic preparations, body treatments, body wraps,
16 hydrotherapy, or any device, electrical, mechanical, or
17 otherwise, including hydrodermabrasion devices such as the
18 Hydrafacial machine, for the care of the skin;
19 2. Applying make-up or eyelashes to any person or
20 lightening or coloring hair on the body except the scalp;
21 and
22 3. Removing superfluous hair from the body of any
23 person.
24 However, esthetics does not include the services provided
25 by a cosmetologist or electrologist. Estheticians are
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1 prohibited from using techniques, products, and practices
2 intended to affect the living layers of the skin. The term
3 esthetics includes rendering advice on what is cosmetically
4 appealing, but no person licensed under this Act shall render
5 advice on what is appropriate medical treatment for diseases
6 of the skin.
7 (B) "Esthetician" means any person who, with hands or
8 mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, engages only
9 in the use of cosmetic preparations, body treatments, body
10 wraps, hydrotherapy, makeups, antiseptics, tonics, lotions,
11 creams or other preparations or in the practice of massaging,
12 cleansing, exfoliating the stratum corneum of the epidermis,
13 stimulating, manipulating, beautifying, grooming, threading,
14 or similar work on the face, neck, arms and hands or body in a
15 superficial mode, and not for the treatment of medical
16 disorders.
17 (Source: P.A. 98-911, eff. 1-1-15.)
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