republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/sb-277.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.	Under this bill, the Board of Massage and Bodywork may not issue initial certifications to practice as a certified massage technician for applications received after December 31, 2024.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	SB 277	Delaware SB 277 (152)	bill		enacted	Brian Pettyjohn Michael F. Smith Nicole Poore	1	7	2	2024-04-23	2024-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141260	8a3a89da5ecb06bb2f893727397166d2079171a0c141b4949a398a30b6cc5cbe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware SB 277 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.

Under this bill, the Board of Massage and Bodywork may not issue initial certifications to practice as a certified massage technician for applications received after December 31, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3/4 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
• Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
• Nicole Poore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-04-23 Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-04-25 Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-05-16 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-05-21 Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2024-06-20 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2024-08-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).