All Roll Calls
Yes: 138 • No: 15
UtahS.B. 3302025 General SessionSenateWALLET
Cosmetology Modifications
Sponsored By: Scott D. Sandall (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BusinessOccupational and Professional Licensing
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New training tracks for hair professionals
Beginning January 1, 2026, Utah sets these minimum training hours through qualifying school instruction or approved apprenticeships. Cosmetology requires 1,250 hours and covers listed hair, skin, lash, brow, and nail services, including limited chemical exfoliation. Master hair design or master barbering requires 1,000 hours for the listed advanced hair, shaving, and wig services. Permits require 130 hours for barbering, 150 for haircutting, and 260 for chemical hair services such as coloring and relaxing. Recognized-school graduates short of these hours can count qualifying practice in another jurisdiction toward the required total.
Older beauty license paths close
After January 1, 2026, Utah limits new esthetics licenses to applicants who registered apprenticeships or enrolled and started licensed-school programs by that date. The barbering license cutoff begins January 1, 2026, with the same training-start deadline. Esthetics applicants need 800 apprenticeship hours under one-on-one licensed-instructor supervision, or graduation with 600 school hours or equivalent credits. Barbering applicants need 1,250 apprenticeship hours under one-on-one licensed-instructor supervision, or graduation with 1,000 school hours or equivalent credits. Esthetics services remain cosmetic only; covered laser hair removal, anti-aging resurfacing, and photo rejuvenation must follow state medical-procedure rules.
Training and limits for advanced skincare
Master esthetics requires 1,200 hours of qualifying school training or an approved apprenticeship; electrology requires 600 hours. Master estheticians can provide covered advanced skincare and nonablative device services, including laser hair removal and body contouring. Electrologists can provide covered electrical and manual hair removal, plus laser hair removal under state medical-supervision rules. Master esthetics cannot treat medical, physical, or mental ailments; device procedures and chemical exfoliation must follow applicable supervision rules. School graduates short of the required hours can count qualifying practice outside Utah toward their total.
Safety rules protect beauty service customers
Beauty professionals cannot prescribe or administer prescription drugs through their beauty credentials or make unrealistic body-contouring claims. The law treats unsafe or unauthorized skin procedures and specified school, supervisor, and worker violations as unprofessional conduct. Restricted chemical exfoliation and skin sanding below the outermost skin layer require supervision by a licensed healthcare practitioner acting within their scope. Laser and intense pulsed-light procedures require authorization under the worker’s license or permit, except for nonprescriptive laser devices. Unlicensed establishments cannot market themselves as schools.
Beauty apprentices face registration and deadlines
Beauty apprentices must register and pay the state-set fee before training begins. An instructor licensed in the discipline must provide one-on-one direct supervision and oversee no more than two apprentices. Apprentices must finish within two years after registration approval and report supervisor changes within 30 days. Minimum hours are: cosmetology 1,250; master esthetics 1,200; master barbering or hair design 1,000; electrology 600; nails 300; lashes and brows 270. Permit minimums are: chemical hair services 260; basic esthetics 200; haircutting 150; barbering 130; facial hair removal 50.
Training rules for specialty beauty services
Nail technology requires 300 training hours for covered manicures, pedicures, artificial nails, and blade removal of dead foot skin. Eyelash and eyebrow technology requires 270 hours for covered shaping, tinting, waxing, perming, and extensions. Basic esthetics requires a 200-hour permit for cosmetic skincare and manual hair removal, not treatment of ailments. Facial hair removal requires a 50-hour permit for covered face cleansing, oil and antiseptic use, and manual hair removal. These tracks allow qualifying school instruction or approved apprenticeships, plus qualifying outside practice credit for recognized-school graduates short of hours; basic permit holders do not qualify as estheticians under cosmetic medical-procedure rules.
Beauty applicants pay fees, keep credits
Covered beauty workers need the required license or permit, except registered apprentices and people covered by legal exemptions. Applicants must apply, pay a state-set fee, document training and school- or supervisor-certified service counts, and pass required exams. State rules govern credit from one credential toward another; cosmetologists can count 600 hours toward the 1,200-hour master esthetics requirement. Licensed schools must accept documented, relevant, substantially equivalent coursework from another school or apprenticeship toward graduation. This also covers qualifying prior education or experience recognized for people already licensed or permitted under the chapter.
Beauty instructors train, avoid repeat fees
Beauty instructors need an instructor credential for each discipline they teach and a current license or permit in that discipline. Applicants must show six months of work experience, complete instructor training, and meet state exam requirements. Instructor training requires at least 35% of the discipline’s minimum hours; qualifying school-based on-the-job training is an option. The state can accept foreign-school education that it finds equivalent. Existing instructors pay no application fee when seeking an instructor license in another discipline under this law.
Beauty permits face discipline and deadlines
Utah’s licensing division can immediately suspend a beauty permit when it issues a citation for specified violations. Failure to comply after that citation becomes final can lead to permit denial, nonrenewal, suspension, revocation, or probation. An applicant’s failure to comply with a final citation also supports license denial. The division cannot issue citations under the relevant provision more than one year after the violation is reported to it.
Limited beauty work gets license exemptions
Threading and hair braiding need no chapter license when the worker does not also perform services requiring a license or permit. The styling exemption covers drying, arranging, curling, shampooing, conditioning, thermal styling, and scalp treatments, but not cutting, dyeing, or reactive chemical treatments. Styling workers must take an approved safety course lasting no more than two hours and score at least 75% on its exam. They must display a valid safety permit and a notice that they are not chapter-licensed. Exemptions extend across covered disciplines; qualified permittees can provide continuing education, internships need licensee supervision, and exempt out-of-state film work must solely support production and stay within 120 days per calendar year.
Beauty schools gain options, face standards
Utah beauty schools can qualify through state accreditation standards or a state-approved curriculum. Applicants must pay a state-set application fee and document business registration and municipal business licensing. Schools must meet state requirements for facilities, staff, curriculum, and accreditation. Most must remain recognized as postsecondary schools and admit students with a recognized high school diploma or equivalent, or beyond compulsory school age. State rules allow exceptions for specified institutions and schools mainly serving secondary students.
Practical nurses gain supervised cosmetic work
Qualified practical nurses can perform nonablative cosmetic medical procedures other than hair removal under direct supervision. These procedures alter living tissue without removing it. A supervisor meeting state licensing requirements must authorize the work and provide face-to-face, real-time supervision. Nurses must meet the applicable training, licensing, and qualification requirements.
Laser tattoo removal loses specific oversight
Laser tattoo removal is excluded from both ablative and nonablative procedure definitions, including in medical and osteopathic licensing laws. As a result, the specific physician evaluation, referral, and approval requirements in the cosmetic medical-procedure law no longer apply. Hair removal is also excluded from the ablative definition, but remains a nonablative procedure.
Beauty licensing board changes representation
Utah’s beauty licensing board includes a master esthetician, nail technician, electrologist, supervisor, and two public members. It also includes one representative each from publicly funded and privately funded licensed schools. Only those two school representatives can serve as representatives of licensed schools. A designated board member helps investigate complaints and can be disqualified from presiding over a hearing on that complaint.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Scott D. Sandall
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
A. Cory Maloy
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/7/2025
Senate/ concurs with House amendment
Yes: 27 • No: 1
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 61 • No: 4
House vote • 3/7/2025
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/4/2025
Senate/ passed 3rd reading
Yes: 24 • No: 4
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate/ passed 2nd reading
Yes: 21 • No: 5
Senate vote • 3/3/2025
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/28/2025
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/28/2025
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/26/2025
Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation
Yes: 5 • No: 1
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • Unknown
Senate/ circled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
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Senate/ uncircled
Yes: 0 • No: 0
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Senate/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ substituted
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • Unknown
House/ floor amendment
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
3/27/2025Senate/ to Governor
3/17/2025SenateSenate/ received enrolled bill from Printing
3/17/2025SenateSenate/ enrolled bill to Printing
3/14/2025SenateEnrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
3/14/2025Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
3/11/2025Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
3/11/2025Senate/ signed by President/ sent for enrolling
3/8/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/8/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ signed by Speaker/ returned to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/7/2025HouseSenate/ to House
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ concurs with House amendment
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ placed on Concurrence Calendar
3/7/2025SenateSenate/ received from House
3/7/2025SenateHouse/ to Senate
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ passed 3rd reading
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ floor amendment
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ substituted
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ 3rd reading
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ 2nd reading
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ Rules to 3rd Reading Calendar
3/7/2025HouseHouse/ 1st reading (Introduced)
3/5/2025HouseHouse/ received from Senate
3/5/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled
3/14/2025
Amended 3/7/2025 21:03:740
3/7/2025
Substitute #4
3/5/2025
Substitute #3
3/4/2025
Substitute #2
3/3/2025
Substitute #1
2/28/2025
Introduced
2/24/2025
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