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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 SB 1419."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2680"
citation: "Virginia HB 2680 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e7d8fb1-1e37-48d4-8ead-c1290e33e3a0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2680"
source_hash: "93b526eb23b502b0fcded3a85a10ad91ff4e9c071ac13ece113665188be68997"
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 HB 2680 (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 SB 1419.
## 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/1021378.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072498.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037027.PDF)
4. **General Laws Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036528.HTML)
5. **General Laws Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036122.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057233.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 25103989D `introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2680)
- **2025-01-27** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** General Laws Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25103989D-E
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2680)
- **2025-02-12** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2680ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2680)
- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 308 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e7d8fb1-1e37-48d4-8ead-c1290e33e3a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).