republic-os/legislation/us/states/ky/2021rs/hb-79.md

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Bill	AN ACT relating to massage therapy.	AN ACT relating to massage therapy.	us/states/ky	Kentucky General Assembly	2021RS	HB 79	Kentucky HB 79 (2021RS)	bill	Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Fees Licensing Occupations and Professions	enacted	B. McCool C. Massey J. Donohue M. Koch S. Westrom	3	27	3	2020-10-28T04:00:00+00:00	2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bd59422c-900e-4230-aac4-b2f456f696fd	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb79.html	1362d80cca7267e19b70ea21aed49a717e9fd8524e9a39816f9ba271ef01a925	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ky

Kentucky HB 79 (2021RS) — AN ACT relating to massage therapy.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Acts Chapter 29 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current/Final (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage — pass (pass) · lower
• Pass — pass (pass) · lower
• PASS HB 79 W/ scs1 — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. McCool — primary (person)
• C. Massey — primary (person)
• J. Donohue — primary (person)
• M. Koch — primary (person)
• S. Westrom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-10-28T04:00:00+00:00 Prefiled by the sponsor(s).
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House introduction
• 2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H) referral-committee
• 2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 to Licensing, Occupations, & Admin Regs (H) referral-committee
• 2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 posted in committee
• 2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute committee-passage
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2021
• 2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute amendment-introduction
• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading reading-3
• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) defeated
• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 passed 81-4 with Committee Substitute passage
• 2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
• 2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 to Health & Welfare (S) referral-committee
• 2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar with Committee Substitute committee-passage
• 2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules reading-2
• 2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
• 2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 35-1 with Committee Substitute (1) passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 received in House
• 2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H) referral-committee
• 2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute
• 2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 passed 94-0 passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate passage
• 2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
• 2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 29) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd59422c-900e-4230-aac4-b2f456f696fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).