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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 Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools."
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description: "Occupational Licensing Boards"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
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legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
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session: "2025rs"
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identifier: "SB 253"
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citation: "Alabama SB 253 (2025rs)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Occupational Licensing Boards"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gudger"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03eb63ea-1b11-42b2-9e80-77f62675adb0"
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source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
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source_hash: "a272a375b8278089cf4486fe918938899980d7758dcc4b1491447f6c159518b1"
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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-al"]
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---
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# Alabama SB 253 (2025rs) — Massage Therapy Licensing Board temporarily under Board of Nursing; authorize Executive Director of the Board of Nursing, or designee to perform certain functions; define and provide for emergency order; clarify status of practice with a temporary permit; provide for annual meeting; require a majority vote to discipline licensee; provide further for the qualifications for licensing and the contents of an application; outcall massage therapy services and inspections of massage therapy establishments; to authorize the board, by rule, to establish and collect reasonable fees; to provide further for investigations, discipline, and fingerprinting of licensees and applicants for licensing; and to provide further for massage therapy schools.
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Occupational Licensing Boards
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB253-int.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB253-enr.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Gudger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 1166 `passage`
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- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
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- **2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Boards, Agencies and Commissions)
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 831 `passage`
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- **2025-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
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- **2025-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
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- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
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- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
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- **2025-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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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/03eb63ea-1b11-42b2-9e80-77f62675adb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).
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