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| Bill | Georgia Massage Therapy Practice Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the regulation of massage therapy educational programs; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to clarify requirements for massage therapy licenses; to provide for violations; to provide for conditions relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, or other local jurisdictions relating to massage therapy; to require reporting of violations of Chapter 24A; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 242 | Georgia HB 242 (2019_20) |
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5 | 16 | 1 | 2019-02-11 | 2019-05-06 | openstates | ocd-bill/c826ef31-342b-4f9a-9086-d8ab419ec8d5 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 8fc8fa0e01d5c3bb750ebd940c39d77a35cce2c9661c64aed45df035046aba1a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 242 (2019_20) — Georgia Massage Therapy Practice Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the regulation of massage therapy educational programs; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for definitions; to clarify requirements for massage therapy licenses; to provide for violations; to provide for conditions relating to regulation by counties, municipalities, or other local jurisdictions relating to massage therapy; to require reporting of violations of Chapter 24A; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 242/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7682/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7818S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 33 7818S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 36 3981S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 156–13 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-11 House Hopper
- 2019-02-12 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-13 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-04 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-05 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-12 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-06 Act 213
executive-signature - 2019-05-06 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c826ef31-342b-4f9a-9086-d8ab419ec8d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).