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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK."
description: "Under this bill, the Board of Massage and Bodywork may not issue initial certifications to practice as a certified massage technician for applications received after December 31, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "152"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Delaware SB 277 (152)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "Michael F. Smith", "Nicole Poore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-23"
last_action: "2024-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=141260"
source_hash: "8a3a89da5ecb06bb2f893727397166d2079171a0c141b4949a398a30b6cc5cbe"
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-de"]
---
# Delaware SB 277 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.
Under this bill, the Board of Massage and Bodywork may not issue initial certifications to practice as a certified massage technician for applications received after December 31, 2024.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=141260&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB277)
## Votes
- 3/4 — **400** (pass) · lower
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
- Michael F. Smith — primary (person)
- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-23** Introduced and Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-05-21** Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 4 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2024-08-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d1db2e8-1f30-4fa0-b325-705f0122a7ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).