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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "152"
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identifier: "SB 277"
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citation: "Delaware SB 277 (152)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-23"
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last_action: "2024-08-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141260"
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source_hash: "8a3a89da5ecb06bb2f893727397166d2079171a0c141b4949a398a30b6cc5cbe"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
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---
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# Delaware SB 277 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141260&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB277)
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## Votes
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- 3/4 — **40–0** (pass) · lower
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- SM — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-05-21** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2024-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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