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type: "Bill"
title: "California Massage Therapy Council: material for non-English speakers."
description: "The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by the California Massage Therapy Council. The act requires the council to take reasonable actions as needed to carry out its responsibilities and duties, including, among others, hiring staff, entering into contracts, and developing policies, procedures, rules, and bylaws to implement the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 315"
citation: "California SB 315 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Massage Therapy Council: material for non-English speakers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e133b0af-8661-465e-a670-7552d3f8326a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315"
source_hash: "80e900c6cb66804994d7cbfd4fa1fb38fe4c76abecabf3016a6d7d0344a3805f"
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-ca"]
---
# California SB 315 (20172018) — California Massage Therapy Council: material for non-English speakers.
The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2021, provides for certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by the California Massage Therapy Council. The act requires the council to take reasonable actions as needed to carry out its responsibilities and duties, including, among others, hiring staff, entering into contracts, and developing policies, procedures, rules, and bylaws to implement the act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315&version=20170SB31599INT)
2. **03/16/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315&version=20170SB31598AMD)
3. **04/25/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315&version=20170SB31597AMD)
4. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315&version=20170SB31595CHP)
5. **SB315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315)
6. **07/10/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB315&version=20170SB31596ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Nguyen — primary (person)
## Timeline
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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 726.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Published April 26 at 4 a.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 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2472.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 120, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e133b0af-8661-465e-a670-7552d3f8326a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).