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Bill	Massage therapy.	Existing law, until January 1, 2015, provides for the voluntary certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by the California Massage Therapy Council. Existing law specifies the requirements for the council to issue to an applicant a certificate as a massage therapist, including, but not limited to, (1) successfully completing curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours, a minimum of 250 hours of which shall be from a school approved by the council and the other 250 hours may be secured as specified, or (2) passing a massage and bodywork competency assessment examination, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1238	California SB 1238 (20112012)	bill	Massage therapy.	enacted	Price	6	31	9	2012-02-23	2012-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/173e50b6-88b5-4b7a-b365-e464bf497180	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1238	98723045f38b816cc2f32ac05ee44ab62a9a07e77d23034fda02cc09d489c504	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1238 (20112012) — Massage therapy.

Existing law, until January 1, 2015, provides for the voluntary certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by the California Massage Therapy Council. Existing law specifies the requirements for the council to issue to an applicant a certificate as a massage therapist, including, but not limited to, (1) successfully completing curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours, a minimum of 250 hours of which shall be from a school approved by the council and the other 250 hours may be secured as specified, or (2) passing a massage and bodywork competency assessment examination, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/24/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1238 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1238 Price Senate Third Reading By BERRYHILL — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1238 Price Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #12 — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3260.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
• 2012-05-07 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2012-05-18 Set for hearing May 24.
• 2012-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3594.) (May 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3750.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. (Page 6254.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6459.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2012-08-29 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4923.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2012-08-30 Set for hearing August 30.
• 2012-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5042.) committee-passage
• 2012-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5098.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 655, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/173e50b6-88b5-4b7a-b365-e464bf497180. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).