---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage Therapy, Board of, board authorized to grant executive director the authority to approve licenses, require massage therapy establishments and schools to carry liability insurance, definitions further provided, Sec. 34-43-10 repealed; Secs. 34-43-3, 34-43-6, 34-43-7, 34-43-8, 34-43-9, 34-43-11, 34-43-12, 34-43-14, 34-43-15, 34-43-20, 34-43-21 am'd."
description: "Massage Therapy, Board of, board authorized to grant executive director the authority to approve licenses, require massage therapy establishments and schools to carry liability insurance, definitions further provided, Sec. 34-43-10 repealed; Secs. 34-43-3, 34-43-6, 34-43-7, 34-43-8, 34-43-9, 34-43-11, 34-43-12, 34-43-14, 34-43-15, 34-43-20, 34-43-21 am'd."
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2022rs"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Alabama HB 453 (2022rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Massage Therapy", "Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moore (P)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ccee392-ffb2-4b9d-95b2-e714430a2ad7"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=HB453"
source_hash: "004582b82f7d0991ff634dcaaeb90ea088b7673b4c3fbcea971bba22da130b89"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama HB 453 (2022rs) — Massage Therapy, Board of, board authorized to grant executive director the authority to approve licenses, require massage therapy establishments and schools to carry liability insurance, definitions further provided, Sec. 34-43-10 repealed; Secs. 34-43-3, 34-43-6, 34-43-7, 34-43-8, 34-43-9, 34-43-11, 34-43-12, 34-43-14, 34-43-15, 34-43-20, 34-43-21 am'd.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB453-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 219049-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/219049-2.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB453-eng.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2022rs/PrintFiles/HB453-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 868 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 869 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1087 — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moore (P) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Boards, Agencies and Commissions Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 868 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 869 `passage`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2022-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1087 `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Second House `passage`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Clerk of the House Certification
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2022-408. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor at 9:36 p.m. on April 7, 2022. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ccee392-ffb2-4b9d-95b2-e714430a2ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).