---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage therapy."
description: "(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2015, provides for the voluntary certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by a nonprofit Massage Therapy Organization, as defined. Existing law requires the initial board of directors to, among other things, establish the organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 619"
citation: "California AB 619 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Massage therapy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halderman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb33e71-791f-4608-8c8e-6bfd4fa43ac9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619"
source_hash: "4c774b721b10382cd65c40949c1bb6daecebb3f4e789a6855a21295494250764"
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 AB 619 (20112012) — Massage therapy.

(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2015, provides for the voluntary certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by a nonprofit Massage Therapy Organization, as defined. Existing law requires the initial board of directors to, among other things, establish the organization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61999INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61998AMD)
3. **04/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61997AMD)
4. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61996AMD)
5. **06/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61995AMD)
6. **06/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61994AMD)
7. **07/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61993AMD)
8. **08/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61991CHP)
9. **AB619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619)
10. **07/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB619&version=20110AB61992ENR)

## Votes

- AB 619 HALDERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 619 HALDERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB619 Halderman By Hernandez — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Halderman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1351.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** From consent calendar.
- **2011-06-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-07-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1783.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2323.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 162, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdb33e71-791f-4608-8c8e-6bfd4fa43ac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).