The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for the certification and regulation of massage therapists and massage practitioners by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a nonprofit organization. Existing law requires applicants for certification as a massage therapist to complete certain educational requirements, including the curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours. Existing law requires these 500 hours to be from an approved school, as defined.
California SB 314 (20172018) — Massage therapy: certification: credit hours.
The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for the certification and regulation of massage therapists and massage practitioners by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a nonprofit organization. Existing law requires applicants for certification as a massage therapist to complete certain educational requirements, including the curricula in massage and related subjects totaling a minimum of 500 hours. Existing law requires these 500 hours to be from an approved school, as defined.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-03-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 3.
2017-03-27 April 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-03-28 Set for hearing April 17.
2017-04-18 April 17 hearing: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-04-19 Set for hearing April 24.
2017-04-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 824.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-26 Published April 26 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-05-22 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2837.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-01 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-05 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2478.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 266, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce6c187c-3515-4879-b858-6e894bac1b42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).