---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor."
description: "Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Texas HB 2016 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MASSAGE THERAPY & MASSAGE THERAPISTS (S1298)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c1821b-eb7f-4da3-ae56-accbf57f3792"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2016.xml"
source_hash: "383d9ee8af80000a8b6550bf59130c752919ba8b469e515f17f89ff0db80168f"
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-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2016 (88) — Relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02016I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02016E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02016H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02016S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02016F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-18** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Record vote
- **2023-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-16** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c1821b-eb7f-4da3-ae56-accbf57f3792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).