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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Massage Therapists - Licenses and Registrations - Education and Display Requirements"
+description: "Massage Therapists - Licenses and Registrations - Education and Display Requirements"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1598"
+citation: "Maryland HB 1598 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health Occupations", "Continuing Education", "Education", "Exemptions", "Health Care Facilities", "Job Training", "Licenses", "Massage", "Medical Research", "Notices", "Physical Therapists", "Registration", "Signs and Billboards", "Students", "Time"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Krebs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2fc96e-b779-4e52-86ee-80161ef11b9d"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB1598&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "553489a6e829b9771f089b63f37d4ac0f18f08e777e462ad243571ca395648a4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 1598 (2018) — Massage Therapists - Licenses and Registrations - Education and Display Requirements
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb1598f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- On Third Reading — **133–3** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading and Final Passage (Hse concurred) — **135–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Krebs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-14** Hearing 3/07 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Favorable with Amendments {876889/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-17** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (133-3) `passage`
+- **2018-03-19** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** Hearing 3/28 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-04-02** Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Favorable with Amendments {854537/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-04-04** Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** House Concur - Senate Amendments
+- **2018-04-05** Third Reading Passed (135-2) `passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Passed Enrolled
+- **2018-05-15** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 797 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2fc96e-b779-4e52-86ee-80161ef11b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
+