republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2025rs/sb-253.md

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Bill	Massage Therapy Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools.	Occupational Licensing Boards	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2025rs	SB 253	Alabama SB 253 (2025rs)	bill	Occupational Licensing Boards	enacted	Gudger	2	16	0	2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00	2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/03eb63ea-1b11-42b2-9e80-77f62675adb0	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	a272a375b8278089cf4486fe918938899980d7758dcc4b1491447f6c159518b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 253 (2025rs) — Massage Therapy Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools.

Occupational Licensing Boards

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Gudger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Enacted became-law
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Signature Requested
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Ready to Enroll
• 2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1166 passage
• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee Second House
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in Second House (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 831 passage
• 2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
• 2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
• 2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
• 2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government reading-1, referral-committee

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03eb63ea-1b11-42b2-9e80-77f62675adb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).