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69 lines
3.6 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK."
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description: "A placard must be prominently displayed at any entrance of a massage and bodywork establishment that has failed to obtain a valid license or has a license that is suspended, revoked, or expired. This Act provides that no placard can be removed unless the removal of the placard is approved by the Division of Professional Regulation. This Act makes the unlawful removal of the placard a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2300 fine."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
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legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
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session: "153"
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identifier: "HB 136"
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citation: "Delaware HB 136 (153)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Pettyjohn", "John \"Jack\" Walsh", "Melanie Ross Levin", "Nicole Poore", "Russell Huxtable", "Spiros Mantzavinos"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 7
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-05-06"
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last_action: "2025-09-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b1c4f0-24dc-4d40-becc-dd88facce9c5"
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source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142187"
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source_hash: "048640bc0b629fc3921539bed0505d2453fc0f607bad2b30d41d4b9b85b7c8f4"
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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-de"]
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---
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# Delaware HB 136 (153) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MASSAGE AND BODYWORK.
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A placard must be prominently displayed at any entrance of a massage and bodywork establishment that has failed to obtain a valid license or has a license that is suspended, revoked, or expired. This Act provides that no placard can be removed unless the removal of the placard is approved by the Division of Professional Regulation. This Act makes the unlawful removal of the placard a class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2300 fine.
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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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## Votes
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- 2/3 — **21–0** (pass) · upper
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- SM — **37–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Pettyjohn — primary (person)
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- John "Jack" Walsh — primary (person)
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- Melanie Ross Levin — primary (person)
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- Nicole Poore — primary (person)
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- Russell Huxtable — primary (person)
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- Spiros Mantzavinos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-06** Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** Reported Out of Committee (Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability)) in House with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT `passage`
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- **2025-05-20** Assigned to Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** Reported Out of Committee (Legislative Oversight & Sunset) in Senate with 2 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-25** Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES `passage`
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- **2025-09-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/a2b1c4f0-24dc-4d40-becc-dd88facce9c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).
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