HB579
Interstate Massage Compact; education and examination requirements, Compact Commission membership.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 3, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Jackie Glass (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Interstate Massage Compact; education and examination requirements; Compact Commission membership.
Modifies the education and examination requirements of the Interstate Massage Compact to clarify acceptable national examinations and expand acceptable education programs to include massage therapists with less than 625 clock hours of education but who have held a license in good standing for at least two years. The bill permits ... (More) each state to choose its delegate to the Commission as either a member of the state's licensing board or its primary administrative officer of the state's licensing authority and the Compact Commission to elect up to two ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. The amendments are statutory updates requested of participating states by the Interstate Massage Compact Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103218D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/19/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB579)
- 01/21/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/21/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/22/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/22/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read second time
- 01/30/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 01/30/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/02/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
