---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy."
description: "Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 2747"
citation: "Texas HB 2747 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "MASSAGE THERAPY & MASSAGE THERAPISTS (S1298)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Landgraf", "Ortega", "Ramos", "Rodríguez", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9347ba25-7542-49bf-96fc-6a226c684b79"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02700_HB02799/HB 2747.xml"
source_hash: "aaa698826ad20dd884572d7eaafed881c1abe1d77aa9fda7df6f8531437f5374"
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-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 2747 (86) — Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02747I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **91–54** (fail) · upper
- passage — **113–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harless — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Ortega — primary (person)
- Ramos — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Calanni — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-11** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-24** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-24** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9347ba25-7542-49bf-96fc-6a226c684b79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).