Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy
Summary
Health Care Practitioners and Massage Therapy; Requires DOH to report specified data; authorizes DOH to suspend license of certain health care practitioners & massage establishments in certain circumstances; revises advertising requirements for massage therapists & massage establishments; prohibits establishments from sheltering or harboring, or being used as sleeping quarters for any person; requires DOH investigators to request government identification from all employees while in massage establishment; specifies additional documents person operating massage establishment must present, upon request, to DOH investigators & law enforcement officers; requires DOH to notify federal immigration office if specified persons fail to provide government identification; revises definition of “unlicensed massage establishment”. APPROPRIATION: $1,034,032
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Oct 17, 2023
Signed May 6, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House Feb 15, 2024
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2024
D
Democratic11
90% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
15
Committee
19
May 6, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Referred to Fiscal Policy
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 118, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Jan 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
lower
Dec 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Dec 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Dec 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Dec 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
lower
Dec 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
lower
Nov 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
PCS added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda
lower
Nov 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
lower
Nov 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Nov 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Nov 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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