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Bill	California Massage Therapy Council.	(1) Existing law, the Massage Therapy Act, provides for the certification and regulation of massage professionals by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a private nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors composed of 13 members. Existing law requires one member to be appointed by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and authorizes the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools to appoint one member. Existing law requires one member to be a certified massage therapist or a certified massage practitioner who is a California resident who has practiced massage for at least 3 years before appointment and is selected by a specified professional society, association, or other entity the membership of which is composed of massage therapist professionals, and that chooses to participate in the council.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1504	California AB 1504 (20252026)	bill	CaliforniaMassageTherapyCouncil	enacted	Berman	9	28	9	2025-02-24	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/adec7716-fb5c-420c-a37f-fbfc64bf46a4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1504	6bac66c290b892912b47aab2a2671c4335325248ef08ad51e672e9657a623503	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1504 (20252026) — California Massage Therapy Council.

(1) Existing law, the Massage Therapy Act, provides for the certification and regulation of massage professionals by the California Massage Therapy Council, which is a private nonprofit organization governed by a board of directors composed of 13 members. Existing law requires one member to be appointed by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and authorizes the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools to appoint one member. Existing law requires one member to be a certified massage therapist or a certified massage practitioner who is a California resident who has practiced massage for at least 3 years before appointment and is selected by a specified professional society, association, or other entity the membership of which is composed of massage therapist professionals, and that chooses to participate in the council.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1504 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1504 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1504 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1504 Berman By Ashby — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 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
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1609.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-28 Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 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
• 2025-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2702.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3244.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adec7716-fb5c-420c-a37f-fbfc64bf46a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).