---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMMERCE: Provides relative to exemptions for ear piercing"
description: "COMMERCE: Provides relative to exemptions for ear piercing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 822"
citation: "Louisiana HB 822 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Davis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83299e01-dc00-4737-8a77-ee644686a053"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=242749"
source_hash: "a48476d9b19946d8622c94e083d0ddfcca17c50d955e18fc946f984354d8ceac"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana HB 822 (2022) — COMMERCE: Provides relative to exemptions for ear piercing

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB822 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1259458)
2. **HB822 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1286180)
3. **HB822 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1260700)
4. **HB822 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262355)
5. **House Floor Amendment, #1650, Davis, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1262275)
6. **Senate Floor Amendment, #2904, Barrow, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1276890)
7. **HB822 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1281356)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#79) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#504) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#993) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paula Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-05-26** Effective date: 08/01/2022.
- **2022-05-26** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 196. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25** Sent to the Governor for executive approval. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-24** Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2022-05-19** Read by title, roll called, yeas 93, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- **2022-05-17** Scheduled for concurrence on 05/19/2022.
- **2022-05-10** Received from the Senate with amendments.
- **2022-05-10** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2022-05-10** Rules suspended.
- **2022-04-11** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2022-04-07** Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2022-04-06** Reported favorably.
- **2022-03-29** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- **2022-03-24** Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 89, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Scheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2022.
- **2022-03-22** Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2022-03-21** Reported favorably (10-0).
- **2022-03-16** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83299e01-dc00-4737-8a77-ee644686a053`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).