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| Bill | Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy" | Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy" | us/states/wv | West Virginia Legislature | 2025 | SB 496 | West Virginia SB 496 (2025) |
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West Virginia SB 496 (2025) — Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy"
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
- sb496 h go am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 92–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Thorne — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-14 Filed for introduction
filing - 2025-02-14 To Government Organization
referral-committee - 2025-02-14 Introduced in Senate
introduction - 2025-02-14 To Government Organization
referral-committee - 2025-02-26 Reported do pass
committee-passage - 2025-02-27 On 1st reading
- 2025-02-27 Read 1st time
reading-1 - 2025-02-28 On 2nd reading
- 2025-02-28 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-03-03 On 3rd reading
- 2025-03-03 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-03-03 Passed Senate (Roll No. 54)
passage - 2025-03-03 Ordered to House
- 2025-03-04 House received Senate message
- 2025-03-04 Introduced in House
introduction - 2025-03-04 To Government Organization
referral-committee - 2025-03-04 To House Government Organization
referral-committee - 2025-04-04 With amendment, do pass
committee-passage - 2025-04-07 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- 2025-04-07 Read 1st time
reading-1 - 2025-04-08 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- 2025-04-08 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2025-04-08 Amendment reported by the Clerk
- 2025-04-08 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- 2025-04-09 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- 2025-04-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2025-04-09 Passed House (Roll No. 431)
passage - 2025-04-09 Communicated to Senate
- 2025-04-10 House Message received
- 2025-04-10 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 458)
- 2025-04-10 Communicated to House
- 2025-04-10 Completed legislative action
- 2025-04-14 To Governor 4/14/2025
executive-receipt - 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal
executive-receipt - 2025-04-12 To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal
executive-receipt - 2025-04-24 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025
executive-signature - 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal
executive-signature - 2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal
executive-signature - 2025-08-08 Chapter 196, Acts, Regular Session, 2025
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a14182a2-2061-4799-812f-a237113a336f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).