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LD116 • 2025

An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns

An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns

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Sponsor
Senator Richard Bennett
Last action
2025-03-27
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns

An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns Sponsor: Senator Richard Bennett Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns Sponsor: Senator Richard Bennett Reference committee: Health and Human Services Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-27 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-03-21 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-03-21 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-01-08 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-01-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns
Sponsor:
Senator Richard Bennett
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 116
S.P. 17 In Senate, January 8, 2025
An Act to Prohibit the Use of Piercing Guns
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BENNETT of Oxford.
Cosponsored by Representative LANCE of Paris.

Page 1 - 132LR0083(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §4321, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2007, c. 184, §1, is further
3 amended to read:
42. Body piercing. "Body piercing" means the creation of an opening in the body of a
5 human being for the purpose of inserting jewelry or other decoration. This includes, but is
6 not limited to, piercing of an ear, lip, tongue, nose or eyebrow. "Body piercing" does not,
7 for the purpose of this chapter, include piercing an earlobe with a disposable, single-use
8 stud or solid needle that is applied using a mechanical device to force the needle or stud
9 through the earlobe. Piercing in an area other than the earlobe, located at the lower end of
10 the ear, is "body piercing" as defined in this subsection and subject to the licensing
11 requirements of this chapter.
12Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §4321, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
136. Piercing gun. "Piercing gun" means a mechanical device that is used to create an
14 opening in the body of a human being by forcing a disposable single-use stud or solid
15 needle through the skin.
16Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §4331 is enacted to read:
17§4331. Use of piercing gun prohibited
18 The use of a piercing gun to create a body piercing or to apply a stud or any other
19 jewelry to any part of the body of a human being is prohibited.
20SUMMARY
21 This bill prohibits the use of a piercing gun to create a body piercing.21