---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools; licensure by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetology."
description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools. Provides for the licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers by the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. The bill distinguishes ear-piercing salons from body-piercing salons by definition and requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing the requirements for licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers. Additionally, the bill requires the Board to develop specific training and apprenticeship programs for ear-piercers and permits localities to regulate the sanitary conditions of ear-piercing salons. This bill is identical to HB 2680."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1419"
citation: "Virginia SB 1419 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8f8bdda-d88c-4319-8700-380a203bad2d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1419"
source_hash: "27b5eb19218c465f5e6c240a683a079cc4ee8b13ae58e6c006055195d2230c32"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1419 (2025) — Ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools; licensure by the Board of Barbers and Cosmetology.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; regulation of ear-piercers and ear-piercing salons and schools. Provides for the licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers by the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology. The bill distinguishes ear-piercing salons from body-piercing salons by definition and requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing the requirements for licensure of ear-piercing salons, ear-piercing schools, and ear-piercers. Additionally, the bill requires the Board to develop specific training and apprenticeship programs for ear-piercers and permits localities to regulate the sanitary conditions of ear-piercing salons. This bill is identical to HB 2680.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021749.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072528.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029772.PDF)
4. **General Laws and Technology Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026458.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047379.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 25104030D `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1419)
- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-01-27** General Laws and Technology Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Printed as engrossed 25104030D-E
- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1419)
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1419ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1419)
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 322 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0322)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8f8bdda-d88c-4319-8700-380a203bad2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).