---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers"
description: "State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "Maryland HB 1497 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alston", "Bagnall", "Bhandari", "Chisholm", "Cullison", "Guzzone", "Hill", "Hutchinson", "Kaiser", "Kerr", "Kipke", "Lopez", "M. Morgan", "Martinez", "Pena-Melnyk", "R. Lewis", "Reilly", "Rosenberg", "S. Johnson", "Szeliga", "Taveras", "White Holland", "Woods"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dbc1e0b-7449-4fcd-81ad-20d4915d8861"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1497?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "8453deb24606f88db9112e3f5b223bc21c3e1707fb49a710bffb7c90d994a928"
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 1497 (2024) — State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_788_hb1497t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1497f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Scope of Practice, Reinstatements, and Examinations by Health Care Providers** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1497t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alston — primary (person)
- Bagnall — primary (person)
- Bhandari — primary (person)
- Chisholm — primary (person)
- Cullison — primary (person)
- Guzzone — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- Hutchinson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Kerr — primary (person)
- Kipke — primary (person)
- Lopez — primary (person)
- M. Morgan — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)
- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
- R. Lewis — primary (person)
- Reilly — primary (person)
- Rosenberg — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Szeliga — primary (person)
- Taveras — primary (person)
- White Holland — primary (person)
- Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-03-08** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 788 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dbc1e0b-7449-4fcd-81ad-20d4915d8861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).