HB1226 • 2025

An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy Law, further providing for State Board of Massage Therapy.

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Sponsor: CEPEDA-FREYTIZ
Last action: 2025-04-22
Official status: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 22, 2025
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy Law, further providing for State Board of Massage Therapy.

What This Bill Does

An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy Law, further providing for State Board of Massage Therapy.

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Bill History

2025-04-22 STATE GOVERNMENT
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, April 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy Law, further providing for State Board of Massage Therapy.

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PRINTER'S NO. 1442
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1226
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, GIRAL, RABB,
WAXMAN, MAYES, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD,
APRIL 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), entitled
"An act regulating massage therapy; establishing the State
Board of Massage Therapy; providing for funds, for licensure,
for disciplinary action, for remedies, for penalties and for
preemption," further providing for State Board of Massage
Therapy.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3(a) introductory paragraph of the act of
October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy
Law, is amended to read:
Section 3. Board.
(a) Establishment.--There is established the State Board of
Massage Therapy, an administrative board within the department.
The board shall consist of 11 members [who are citizens of the
United States and] who have been residents of this Commonwealth
for at least a five-year period prior to the effective date of
this section. The board shall be composed of the following
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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