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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK."
+description: "Section 1 of this Act revises the definition of “massage establishment” by repealing the exemption for all business establishments licensed under other chapters of Title 24. This exemption allows a massage practitioner to work in a licensed cosmetology shop that does not hold a massage establishment license. In that situation, the cosmetology shop can have an identified professional-in-charge responsible for the operation of the cosmetology shop and its employees, but that individual is not responsible for the massage practitioners. This means that the professional-in-charge responsible for the cosmetology shop cannot be held responsible for the wrongful actions of a massage practitioner, which adversely impacts the disciplinary process. With this exemption repealed, a cosmetology shop offering massage services is required to have both a massage establishment license and a licensed massage practitioner as the professional-in-charge responsible for the actions of all massage practitioners providing services on the premises."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
+legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
+session: "152"
+identifier: "HB 386"
+citation: "Delaware HB 386 (152)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Nicole Poore", "Sophie Phillips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-05-07"
+last_action: "2024-08-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cb3763d-1de3-4031-bbf9-7b7205252bc1"
+source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141294"
+source_hash: "0ba49a8b893c6bf842546e0f3f2a4319e939578eb085df3d21081c3b9f8f6531"
+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-de"]
+---
+
+# Delaware HB 386 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.
+
+Section 1 of this Act revises the definition of “massage establishment” by repealing the exemption for all business establishments licensed under other chapters of Title 24. This exemption allows a massage practitioner to work in a licensed cosmetology shop that does not hold a massage establishment license. In that situation, the cosmetology shop can have an identified professional-in-charge responsible for the operation of the cosmetology shop and its employees, but that individual is not responsible for the massage practitioners. This means that the professional-in-charge responsible for the cosmetology shop cannot be held responsible for the wrongful actions of a massage practitioner, which adversely impacts the disciplinary process. With this exemption repealed, a cosmetology shop offering massage services is required to have both a massage establishment license and a licensed massage practitioner as the professional-in-charge responsible for the actions of all massage practitioners providing services on the premises.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141294&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB386)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
+- SM — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
+- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
+- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
+- Sophie Phillips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-07** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-23** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
+- **2024-05-23** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-26** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
+- **2024-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cb3763d-1de3-4031-bbf9-7b7205252bc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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