---
type: "Bill"
title: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to massage therapy. (8/1/25) (EN +$82,200 SG RV See Note)"
description: "FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to massage therapy. (8/1/25) (EN +$82,200 SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Louisiana SB 221 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Mizell"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f4f1f9-bfea-4f57-a597-604cbbe56048"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=248744"
source_hash: "80c5279997399c1fe6862ec2746ab7371cbcbc3ff3bedd4ae5506359045d0561"
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-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 221 (2025) — FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS: Provides relative to massage therapy. (8/1/25) (EN +$82,200 SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB221 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1404706)
2. **House Committee Amendment, #3331, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1417136)
3. **House Committee Amendment, #3499, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1418140)
4. **SB221 Act 453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1426061)
5. **SB221 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412373)
6. **SB221 Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1414455)
7. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1204, COM, Draft** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1410890)
8. **Senate Committee Amendment, #1387, COM, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1412298)
9. **Senate Floor Amendment, #1520, Mizell, Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1413329)
10. **SB221 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1423757)

## Votes

- CO-AUTHORS (#239) — **12–0** (fail) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#842) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE (#238) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR (#862) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Mizell — primary (person)
- Bob Hensgens — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Price — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-20** Effective date 8/1/2025.
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 453. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2025-06-10** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2025-06-09** Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays.
- **2025-06-04** Received from the House with amendments. `receipt`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 98, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Scheduled for floor debate on 06/03/2025.
- **2025-05-29** Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2025-05-27** Reported with amendments (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2025-05-13** Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2025-05-07** Reported with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f4f1f9-bfea-4f57-a597-604cbbe56048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).