On Thursday, the bill was passed by a vote of 136-1 and two abstentions, AP reported.
If approved by the Senate, Belgium would become the second European country after France to put such a law into practice.
The law would target all women who use the face veil, known as the niqab, and the body-length burqa.
Violators of the law would be punished with fines of 15 to 25 euros (about $20 to $33) or imprisonment for up to seven days.
The Chamber of Deputies -- Belgium's lower house of parliament -- first approved the proposal almost one year ago, but that version of the bill was nixed when the parliament was dissolved due to a government crisis fueled by a row between the country's French and Dutch-speaking politicians.
France has also banned facial covers, declaring that any woman -- French or foreigner -- who wears a niqab or burqa in public will be fined 150 euros. People who force women to wear such covers will face a much larger fine and a prison sentence of up to two years.
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