TO AMEND THE MASSAGE THERAPY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH REGISTRATION FOR MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENTS.
House Bill 1440, now Act 629, amends the existing Massage Therapy Act. This legislation establishes a new requirement for massage therapy establishments to register with the state. It also clarifies that these establishments cannot employ, contract with, or permit individuals without a current massage therapy license or a massage therapy learning permit to perform massage therapy techniques. This bill aims to regulate both the facilities and the practitioners within the massage therapy industry.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Signed Apr 16, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 629 to HB 1440 and updated to reflect the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. The changes appear to be primarily technical, involving formatting and session identification updates rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
Bill title changed from Act 629 to HB 1440 with updated session information for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1440 is now Act 629
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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