---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage Therapy Practice Act Amendments"
description: "Massage Therapy Practice Act Amendments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 149"
citation: "Utah SB 149 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business", "Health", "Health Care Professionals", "Massage Therapists", "Occupational and Professional Licensing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper, Wayne A."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9e74e62-cbae-4834-b6a7-e9b9d40d08c0"
source_url: "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/SB0149.html"
source_hash: "549ad3808d4bcb55926edd92b5fc9c41646db3a5dcbbeead61f818c6f4008234"
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-ut"]
---

# Utah SB 149 (2021) — Massage Therapy Practice Act Amendments

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SB0149.pdf)
2. **Amended** (committee substitute) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SB0149.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillenr/SB0149.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 3rd reading — **46–25** (pass) · lower
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- concurs with House amendment — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 2nd reading — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- passed 3rd reading — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper, Wayne A. — primary (person)
- Ferry, Joel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2021-02-01** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2021-02-01** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2021-02-01** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2021-02-02** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2021-02-03** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2021-02-03** to Senate Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2021-02-16** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** circled
- **2021-02-16** uncircled
- **2021-02-16** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-02-17** to House
- **2021-02-17** received from Senate
- **2021-02-17** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** to House Business and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** circled
- **2021-03-04** uncircled
- **2021-03-04** floor amendment # 1
- **2021-03-04** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-04** received from House
- **2021-03-04** placed on Concurrence Calendar
- **2021-03-04** concurs with House amendment
- **2021-03-04** to House
- **2021-03-04** received from Senate
- **2021-03-04** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2021-03-04** to Senate
- **2021-03-05** received from House
- **2021-03-05** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2021-03-09** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2021-03-15** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2021-03-15** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2021-03-15** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9e74e62-cbae-4834-b6a7-e9b9d40d08c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).