republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2687.md

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Bill	California Massage Therapy Council.	The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2023, 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. The council is composed of 13 members, of which 10 members are appointed by various organizations and associations, as specified. The 10 appointed members, at a duly held board meeting in accordance with the board's bylaws, are required to appoint 3 additional members with specified qualifications, including an attorney licensed by the State Bar of California who has been practicing law for at least 3 years and who at the time of appointment represents a city in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2687	California AB 2687 (20212022)	bill	California Massage Therapy Council.	enacted	Committee on Business and Professions	6	20	5	2022-02-18	2022-09-02	openstates	ocd-bill/aca58f71-cf3f-4a8b-b063-d9a58ada58e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2687	b4deff4a3392ee49b6ac59c93d6824f3a3d8af4aa96df0f95aac4b3912843717	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2687 (20212022) — California Massage Therapy Council.

The Massage Therapy Act, until January 1, 2023, 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. The council is composed of 13 members, of which 10 members are appointed by various organizations and associations, as specified. The 10 appointed members, at a duly held board meeting in accordance with the board's bylaws, are required to appoint 3 additional members with specified qualifications, including an attorney licensed by the State Bar of California who has been practicing law for at least 3 years and who at the time of appointment represents a city in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2687 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB2687 B. & P. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2687 B. & P. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2687 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By FLORA — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Business and Professions — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5022.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4686.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5916.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 236, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aca58f71-cf3f-4a8b-b063-d9a58ada58e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).