---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition"
description: "State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1498"
citation: "Maryland HB 1498 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1226b92a-456c-4fba-a267-d8e24cd623dd"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1498?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "a8449757a7b2bde9db149a9edb2b1eaeff85e3a6d33cb32ab3ae5b7377f83b1a"
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 HB 1498 (2024) — State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_789_hb1498t.pdf)
2. **First - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1498f.pdf)
3. **Third - State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners - Aiding or Abetting Unauthorized Practice - Prohibition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb1498t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Rereferred to Health and Government Operations
- **2024-03-08** Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-04-01** Favorable Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-02** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-03** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 789 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1226b92a-456c-4fba-a267-d8e24cd623dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).