---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage Therapy - Discipline"
description: "Massage Therapy - Discipline"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Maryland SB 215 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Augustine", "Ellis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caaa39ed-2645-4e57-8e0f-d0f8bd6a7905"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0215?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "bb069b6c18a17446fbbfe4f9a41e73d265a08fa3b5e32739838bf1243310bf47"
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-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 215 (2023) — Massage Therapy - Discipline

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Massage Therapy - Discipline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_57_sb0215t.pdf)
2. **First - Massage Therapy - Definition and Discipline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0215f.pdf)
3. **Third - Massage Therapy - Discipline** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0215t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Augustine — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-08** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-13** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-27** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-30** Returned Passed
- **2023-04-11** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 57 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caaa39ed-2645-4e57-8e0f-d0f8bd6a7905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).