---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement"
description: "Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Maryland SB 216 (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: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c0dd104-9a51-4f7b-bf6f-4542db4da252"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0216?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "3bbb7e07d3b6f2c6c7fbbc7827014775fc720dc1c551b2259103bd7af0311135"
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 216 (2023) — Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_330_sb0216t.pdf)
2. **First - Massage Therapy - Definition and Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0216f.pdf)
3. **Third - Massage Therapy - Definition, Registration, and Reimbursement** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0216t.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.
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-17** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing 3/29 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 330 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c0dd104-9a51-4f7b-bf6f-4542db4da252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).