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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1014
February 6, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Brooks
,
Knodl
and
O'Connor
, cosponsored by Senators
James
and
Wall
. Referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
AB1014,2,2
1
An Act
to repeal
460.09 (title);
to renumber and amend
460.05 (1), 460.05
2
(2), 460.07 (2) and 460.09;
to amend
146.81 (1) (hp), 146.997 (1) (d) 13., 440.03
3
(13) (b) (intro.), 440.03 (13) (c) 2., 440.15, 446.01 (1v) (o), 460.01 (intro.), 460.01
4
(2m), 460.02, 460.03 (intro.), 460.03 (1), 460.04 (2) (b), 460.04 (2) (e), 460.04 (2)
5
(f), 460.04 (2) (g), 460.05 (4), 460.06 (intro.), 460.07 (1), 460.08, 460.095 (4)
6
(intro.), 460.10 (1) (intro.), 460.10 (1) (a), 460.10 (2), 460.14 (1), 460.14 (2)
7
(intro.), 460.14 (2) (j), 460.14 (2m) (intro.), 460.14 (3), 460.14 (4), 460.145,
8
460.15, 460.17 (1), 460.17 (2) (a) 1., 460.17 (2) (a) 2. and 895.48 (1m) (a)
9
(intro.);
to create
14.898, 111.335 (4) (jo), 440.03 (11m) (c) 2wm., 440.03 (13)
10
(c) 1. m., subchapter I (title) of chapter 460 [precedes 460.01], 460.01 (2),
11
460.01 (2k), 460.01 (5), 460.01 (8), 460.05 (3m), 460.07 (2) (bm), 460.11 (4) and
1
subchapter II of chapter 460 [precedes 460.50] of the statutes;
relating to:
2
ratification of the Interstate Massage Compact.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill ratifies and enters Wisconsin into the Interstate Massage Compact, which provides for the ability of a massage therapist to become eligible to practice in other compact states. Significant provisions of the compact include the following:
1. The creation of an Interstate Massage Compact Commission, which includes the primary administrative officer of the licensure boards or licensing authorities of each member state, or their designees. The commission has various powers and duties granted in the compact, including establishing bylaws, promulgating binding rules for the compact, electing or appointing officers and hiring employees, and establishing and electing an executive committee. The commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state or
impose fees on licensees of member states to whom it grants a multistate license to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission and its staff.
2. The ability for a massage therapist who is licensed in a home state and satisfies certain other criteria to obtain a multistate license, which allows a massage therapist to practice massage therapy in all other compact states (remote states). The compact specifies a number of requirements in order for a massage therapist to obtain a multistate license, including holding a massage therapist license in a home state, having completed at least 625 hours of massage therapy education or the substantial equivalent, not having certain disqualifying criminal convictions, not having any encumbrances or restrictions against an occupational or professional license in the previous two years, and paying any required fees. A massage therapist practicing in a remote state under a multistate license is subject to all scope-of-practice laws governing massage therapy services in that state. A remote state may take actions against a massage therapist’s authorization to practice in the remote state, and if any adverse action is taken by a remote state against a licensee’s authorization to practice, that adverse action applies to all authorizations to practice in all remote states. If a massage therapist’s home state or multistate license is encumbered, the massage therapist loses the authorization to practice in all remote states until certain criteria are satisfied.
3. The ability of member states to issue subpoenas that are enforceable in other states.
4. The creation of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure and disciplinary action information on massage therapists. The compact requires all home state disciplinary orders that impose adverse actions to be reported to the commission. A member state must submit a uniform data set to the data system on all individuals to whom the compact is applicable as required by the rules of the commission.
5. Provisions regarding resolutions of disputes between member states and between member and nonmember states, including a process for termination of a state’s membership in the compact if the state defaults on its obligations under the compact.
The compact language in the bill reflects the original language approved in 2023 for the compact, also referred to as IMpact.
The compact becomes effective in this state upon enactment of the same compact language by seven states. The compact provides that it may be amended upon enactment of an amendment by all member states. A state may withdraw from the compact by repealing the statute authorizing the compact, but the compact provides that a withdrawal does not take effect until 180 days after the effective date of that repeal.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1014,1
1
Section
1
.
14.898 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,3,7
2
14.898
Interstate massage compact.
There is created an interstate
3
massage compact commission as specified in s. 460.50. The delegate on the
4
commission representing this state shall be appointed by the massage therapy and
5
bodywork therapy affiliated credentialing board as provided in s. 460.50 (8) (b) 1.
6
and shall be an individual described in s. 460.50 (8) (b) 2. The commission has the
7
powers and duties granted and imposed under s. 460.50.
AB1014,2
8
Section
2
.
111.335 (4) (jo) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,3,11
9
111.335
(4)
(jo) Notwithstanding s. 111.322, it is not employment
10
discrimination because of conviction record for the massage therapy and bodywork
11
therapy affiliated credentialing board to do any of the following:
AB1014,3,12
12
1. Refuse to license an individual in accordance with s. 460.05 (1m) (a) 8.
AB1014,4,2
1
2. Refuse to grant to an individual a multistate license, as defined in s. 460.01
2
(5), in accordance with s. 460.50 (4) (a) 5. to 7.
AB1014,3
3
Section
3
.
146.81 (1) (hp) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,4,6
4
146.81
(1)
(hp) A massage therapist or bodywork therapist
who is
licensed
5
under
subch. I of
ch. 460
or who is exercising an authorization to practice, as
6
defined in s. 460.01 (2), in this state
.
AB1014,4
7
Section
4
.
146.997 (1) (d) 13. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,4,10
8
146.997
(1)
(d) 13. A massage therapist or bodywork therapist
who is
licensed
9
under ch. 460
or who is exercising an authorization to practice, as defined in s.
10
460.01 (2), in this state
.
AB1014,5
11
Section
5
.
440.03 (11m) (c) 2wm. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,4,14
12
440.03
(11m)
(c) 2wm. The coordinated database and reporting system under
13
s. 460.50 (9), if such disclosure is required under the interstate massage compact
14
under s. 460.50.
AB1014,6
15
Section
6
.
440.03 (13) (b) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by
2025
16
Wisconsin Act 20
, is amended to read:
AB1014,5,2
17
440.03
(13)
(b) (intro.) The department may investigate whether an applicant
18
for or holder of any of the following credentials has been charged with or convicted
19
of a crime only pursuant to rules promulgated by the department under this
20
paragraph, including rules that establish the criteria that the department will use
21
to determine whether an investigation under this paragraph is necessary, except as
22
provided in par. (c) and ss. 441.51 (5) (a) 5., 447.50 (3) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3.,
23
448.985 (3) (a) 4., 448.987 (3) (a) 5. a. and (5) (b) 2. a., 448.988 (3) (a) 5., 448.9887 (3)
1
(b) 3. and (5) (b) 2. a., 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., 457.50 (3) (b) 3. and (5) (b) 2. a.,
and
2
459.70 (3) (b) 2.
, and 460.50 (3) (a) 5.
:
AB1014,7
3
Section
7
.
440.03 (13) (c) 1. m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,5,5
4
440.03
(13)
(c) 1. m. An applicant for a multistate license under s. 460.05
5
(3m).
AB1014,8
6
Section
8
.
440.03 (13) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,5,11
7
440.03
(13)
(c) 2. The department of justice may submit the fingerprint cards,
8
and the department of justice shall submit the fingerprint cards of all applicants
9
identified in subd. 1. c. to
L.
m.
, to the federal bureau of investigation for the
10
purpose of verifying the identity of the persons fingerprinted and obtaining records
11
of their criminal arrests and convictions.
AB1014,9
12
Section
9
.
440.15 of the statutes, as affected by
2025 Wisconsin Act 20
, is
13
amended to read:
AB1014,5,21
14
440.15
No fingerprinting.
Except as provided under ss. 440.03 (13) (c),
15
441.51 (5) (a) 5., 447.50 (3) (a) 5., 448.980 (5) (b) 3., 448.985 (3) (a) 4., 448.987 (3) (a)
16
5. a. and (5) (b) 2. a., 448.988 (3) (a) 5., 448.9887 (3) (b) 3. and (5) (b) 2. a., 450.071 (3)
17
(c) 9., 450.075 (3) (c) 9., 455.50 (3) (e) 4. and (f) 4., 457.50 (3) (b) 3. and (5) (b) 2. a.,
18
and
459.70 (3) (b) 1.
, and 460.50 (3) (a) 5.
, the department or a credentialing board
19
may not require that an applicant for a credential or a credential holder be
20
fingerprinted or submit fingerprints in connection with the department’s or the
21
credentialing board’s credentialing.
AB1014,10
22
Section
10
.
446.01 (1v) (o) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,6,2
23
446.01
(1v)
(o) The massage therapy and bodywork therapy affiliated
24
credentialing board under ch. 460.
“Health care professional” also includes an
1
individual who is exercising an authorization to practice, as defined in s. 460.01 (2),
2
in this state.
AB1014,11
3
Section
11
.
Subchapter I (title) of chapter 460 [precedes 460.01] of the
4
statutes is created to read:
AB1014,6,5
5
CHAPTER 460
AB1014,6,6
6
SUBCHAPTER I
AB1014,6,8
7
REGULATION OF MASSAGE THERAPY
8
AND BODYWORK THERAPY
AB1014,12
9
Section
12
.
460.01 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,6,10
10
460.01
Definitions.
(intro.) In this
chapter
subchapter
:
AB1014,13
11
Section
13
.
460.01 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,6,14
12
460.01
(2)
“Authorization to practice” means the authorization to practice, as
13
defined in s. 460.50 (2) (d), of an individual to practice in this state under a
14
multistate license granted by another state that is a party to the compact.
AB1014,14
15
Section
14
.
460.01 (2k) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,6,17
16
460.01
(2k)
“Compact” means the interstate massage compact under s.
17
460.50.
AB1014,15
18
Section
15
.
460.01 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1014,6,22
19
460.01
(2m)
“License holder” means a person
granted
who holds
a
single-
20
state
license
granted
under this chapter
or who is exercising an authorization to
21
practice under a multistate license granted in another state that is a party to the
22
compact
.
AB1014,16
23
Section
16
.
460.01 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,7,1
1
460.01
(5)
“Multistate license” has the meaning given in s. 460.50 (2) (t).
AB1014,17
2
Section
17
.
460.01 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1014,7,5
3
460.01
(8)
“Single-state license” means a single-state license, as defined in s.
4
460.50 (2) (x), granted by the affiliated credentialing board under s. 460.05 (1m) or
5
(2m).
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