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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1610"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1610 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Massage Therapy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-11-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550da7be-8676-4d60-866b-83505f0fcf1e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1610&GA=113"
source_hash: "c8c21b82ea0eb46ea9ebb063c63a15a55ffd59561c0464e782d8502b83f42a16"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1610.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **881** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/25/2024 Passed (1) — **290** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/20/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jernigan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-11-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Motion to lift from the table adopted.
- **2024-03-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective date(s) 04/16/2024
- **2024-04-22** Pub. Ch. 718
## Source
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).