Tattoo and Body Art Licensing
This is the national debate, not a verdict.
Health licensing for tattoo and piercing businesses.
Results:Low
High
(2-53)
Active debate: 11Stuck: 166Moving: 2
Where it is moving
Revere City, Massachusetts
MovingAug 26, 20264 resultscity
- Board approves one-day temporary body-art license for Jolene Clark at 249 Broadway
- Subcommittee approves amendments to allow body-art businesses in additional commercial zones
- Council weighs modernizing body‑art rules to let tattoo and cosmetic practitioners operate beyond TED district
- Board approves Oct. 24, 2024 minutes and 16 body-art license renewals
Capitola City, California
MovingAug 20, 20261 resultcity
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
Active debateAug 11, 20262 resultscity
Lenox Dale, Massachusetts
Active debateAug 7, 20261 resultcity
Porter County, Indiana
Active debateAug 5, 20263 resultscounty
- Board adopts zoning and fee changes for tattoo and body-piercing businesses; implementation dates set
- Porter County advances health-department fee update and temporary-tattoo regulation on first reading
- Health staff recommend rules for mobile tattoo units, board forwards ordinance and fee changes to commissioners
Fall River City, Massachusetts
Active debateJul 27, 202613 resultscity
- Fall River City Board of Health approves two tattoo‑practitioner licenses
- ZBA allows cosmetic tattooing at Biomed Spa and waives parking requirement
- Board approves tattoo practitioner application for Stafford Road location
- Fall River Board of Health approves New Heart Tattoo and practitioner license for Lisonbee Pavo
- Licensing Board 9 17 25
- Fall River Board of Health approves tattoo shop and practitioner licenses
- ZBA approves single‑chair body‑art shop at Pleasant Street with hours limit
- Fall River Board of Health approves multiple tattoo licenses and a new studio permit
- Fall River Board of Health approves tattoo practitioner for South Main Street shop
Green River, Utah
Active debateJul 21, 20261 resultcity
Grand Prairie, Texas
Active debateJul 14, 20261 resultcity
Westhampton, Massachusetts
Active debateJul 13, 20261 resultcity
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Active debateJul 8, 20261 resultcity
Garland, Texas
Active debateJul 7, 20265 resultscity
- Council denies plan‑development amendment to allow Sweetness Suites body‑piercing SUP near existing studio
- Plan Commission OKs 5‑year SUP for Sweetness Sweets to offer body piercing (no tattooing)
- Council approves SUP and PD amendment for tattoo/body‑piercing studio at Firewheel Town Center
- Council denies two specific-use permits for tattoo/body-piercing studios and postpones a third case
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Active debateJul 1, 20262 resultscity
Claycomo, Missouri
Active debateJun 22, 20263 resultscity
Munster, Indiana
StuckJun 19, 20261 resultcity
Town of Concord, Massachusetts
StuckJun 17, 20263 resultscounty
Richmond, Utah
StuckJun 2, 20261 resultcity
Milton, Massachusetts
StuckJun 1, 20261 resultcity
Joliet, Illinois
StuckMay 20, 20261 resultcity
Mansfield Center, Massachusetts
StuckMay 14, 20262 resultscity
Lakeway, Texas
StuckMay 14, 20261 resultcity