---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage therapy: certification: credit hours."
description: "The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for the certification and regulation of massage therapists and massage practitioners by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a nonprofit organization. Existing law requires applicants for certification as a massage therapist to complete certain educational requirements, including the curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours. Existing law requires these 500 hours to be from an approved school, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "California SB 314 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Massage therapy: certification: credit hours."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce6c187c-3515-4879-b858-6e894bac1b42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314"
source_hash: "3fe1652974c1eee330fc2ad30595fcf889e20a591c435c795e02e7be6b4ca2d8"
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-ca"]
---

# California SB 314 (20172018) — Massage therapy: certification: credit hours.

The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for the certification and regulation of massage therapists and massage practitioners by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a nonprofit organization. Existing law requires applicants for certification as a massage therapist to complete certain educational requirements, including the curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours. Existing law requires these 500 hours to be from an approved school, as defined.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31499INT)
2. **03/16/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31498AMD)
3. **04/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31497AMD)
4. **04/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31496AMD)
5. **08/24/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31495AMD)
6. **09/23/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31493CHP)
7. **SB314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314)
8. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB314&version=20170SB31494ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent SB314 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nguyen — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2017-03-27** April 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-28** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-18** April 17 hearing: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 824.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Published April 26 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2837.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2478.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 266, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce6c187c-3515-4879-b858-6e894bac1b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).