republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-386.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.	Section 1 of this Act revises the definition of “massage establishment” by repealing the exemption for all business establishments licensed under other chapters of Title 24. This exemption allows a massage practitioner to work in a licensed cosmetology shop that does not hold a massage establishment license. In that situation, the cosmetology shop can have an identified professional-in-charge responsible for the operation of the cosmetology shop and its employees, but that individual is not responsible for the massage practitioners. This means that the professional-in-charge responsible for the cosmetology shop cannot be held responsible for the wrongful actions of a massage practitioner, which adversely impacts the disciplinary process. With this exemption repealed, a cosmetology shop offering massage services is required to have both a massage establishment license and a licensed massage practitioner as the professional-in-charge responsible for the actions of all massage practitioners providing services on the premises.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 386	Delaware HB 386 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn John "Jack" Walsh Nicole Poore Sophie Phillips	1	7	2	2024-05-07	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/6cb3763d-1de3-4031-bbf9-7b7205252bc1	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141294	0ba49a8b893c6bf842546e0f3f2a4319e939578eb085df3d21081c3b9f8f6531	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 386 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.

Section 1 of this Act revises the definition of “massage establishment” by repealing the exemption for all business establishments licensed under other chapters of Title 24. This exemption allows a massage practitioner to work in a licensed cosmetology shop that does not hold a massage establishment license. In that situation, the cosmetology shop can have an identified professional-in-charge responsible for the operation of the cosmetology shop and its employees, but that individual is not responsible for the massage practitioners. This means that the professional-in-charge responsible for the cosmetology shop cannot be held responsible for the wrongful actions of a massage practitioner, which adversely impacts the disciplinary process. With this exemption repealed, a cosmetology shop offering massage services is required to have both a massage establishment license and a licensed massage practitioner as the professional-in-charge responsible for the actions of all massage practitioners providing services on the premises.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 37–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 21–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)
• Sophie Phillips — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-05-07 Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-05-14 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-23 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-23 Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-26 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cb3763d-1de3-4031-bbf9-7b7205252bc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).