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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

SF 2010: Relating to safety and sanitation criteria for tattooing establishments, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires the Iowa department of public health to establish safety and sanitation criteria for tattooing establishments that allow a person to provide and consume food and beverages at a tattooing establishment so long as the food and beverages are separated from the area where tattooing services are practiced by a distance of at least five feet. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 7, 2022

  • Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. David D. Rowley (R) · david.rowley@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Public Health Association

In plain words

  1. January 11, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Human Resources committee
  2. January 18, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Johnson, Bolkcom and Green
  3. February 7, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Green, Rowley and Bolkcom
  4. February 10, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF2010