Bill Title: Massage Therapy Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-14 - Enacted [SB253 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 1166	2025-05-06	100	0	1	2	103	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 831	2025-04-24	30	0	0	4	34	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in House of Origin	2025-04-24	30	0	0	4	34	Passed	Link	View
Senate	SBIR: Passed by House of Origin	2025-04-24	30	0	0	4	34	Passed	Link	View