---
type: "Bill"
title: "Massage Therapy"
description: "Massage Therapy; Revises definition & purpose of massage therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Florida HB 245 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["homestead and exemptions"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-143"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a997b568-3355-43d1-8ed7-a01a4e342fb4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6f888efa42b4a6ae1443551f811fb898e822a723e4154e98da15d98c35df1c01"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 245 (2021) — Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy; Revises definition & purpose of massage therapy.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-143.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 245 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 245 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chaney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Professions and Public Health Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-03** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2021-03-08** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-10** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2021-03-10** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-03-16** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-03-18** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-03-18** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Received
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 352
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** In Messages
- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-143

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a997b568-3355-43d1-8ed7-a01a4e342fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).