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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: "Massage Therapy - As enacted, increases from 500 to 650 the minimum number of curriculum hours that an applicant for licensure in massage must have completed at a board-approved institution for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy in order to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act of 1995. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 18."
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description: "Massage Therapy - As enacted, increases from 500 to 650 the minimum number of curriculum hours that an applicant for licensure in massage must have completed at a board-approved institution for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy in order to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act of 1995. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 18."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "HB 1610"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 1610 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Massage Therapy"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-11-22"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550da7be-8676-4d60-866b-83505f0fcf1e"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1610&GA=113"
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source_hash: "c8c21b82ea0eb46ea9ebb063c63a15a55ffd59561c0464e782d8502b83f42a16"
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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-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 1610 (113) — Massage Therapy - As enacted, increases from 500 to 650 the minimum number of curriculum hours that an applicant for licensure in massage must have completed at a board-approved institution for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy in order to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act of 1995. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 18.
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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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1610.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **88–1** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/20/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jernigan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
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- **2024-02-06** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/13/2024
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- **2024-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
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- **2024-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
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- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/28/2024
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- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
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- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
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- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
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- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
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- **2024-03-25** Motion to lift from the table adopted.
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- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
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- **2024-04-22** Pub. Ch. 718
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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/550da7be-8676-4d60-866b-83505f0fcf1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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