---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and businesses; massage therapy; revise a definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the practice of massage therapy, so as to revise a definition; to revise a provision relating to continuing education requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Georgia HB 305 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Billy Mitchell", "Karen Mathiak", "Lee Hawkins", "Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d43409-2994-45a0-8049-47fdc40dd9f3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "45ab4ce7e32e28a0b200a0aaaded55f288eeb6924ee27e834e4c60bb719f64bb"
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-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 305 (2021_22) — Professions and businesses; massage therapy; revise a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24A of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the practice of massage therapy, so as to revise a definition; to revise a provision relating to continuing education requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 305/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210160.pdf)
2. **LC 33 8530/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196855.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** House Hopper
- **2021-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 808 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24d43409-2994-45a0-8049-47fdc40dd9f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).