---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of massage therapy."
description: "Relating to the regulation of massage therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 483"
citation: "Texas SB 483 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS COMMISSION OF (V0383)", "MASSAGE THERAPY & MASSAGE THERAPISTS (S1298)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Johnson, Ann", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf6cd27a-bcdb-4448-88aa-aed7457443fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 483.xml"
source_hash: "29c7601927a411e1f581ae83466238e9041cacb57b06cc5cc8777f5d26d9594e"
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 SB 483 (88) — Relating to the 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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00483I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00483E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00483H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00483S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00483F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-05** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Postponed
- **2023-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-04-25** Postponed
- **2023-04-25** Laid out as postponed business
- **2023-04-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Record vote
- **2023-04-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-01** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-01** Read
- **2023-05-01** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-01** Record vote
- **2023-05-01** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-13** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf6cd27a-bcdb-4448-88aa-aed7457443fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).