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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: "Relating to the State Board of Massage Therapists; and prescribing an effective date."
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description: "</b> </i>] Allows the State Board of Massage Therapists [<i>to issue a registration to practice reflexology to a qualified applicant. Prohibits the practice of reflexology without a registration. Prohibits employing or hiring or contracting with a person to practice reflexology if the person is not registered to practice reflexology. Allows the board</i>] to post a placard on the exterior of a massage facility found to have committed specified violations. Increases the civil penalty that the board may impose for violations from $1,000 to $5,000. Increases the punishment for <b>the second or subsequent violation of</b> operating a massage facility without a permit or practicing massage therapy without a license. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. [<i>Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence even though the declarant is available as a witness.</i>] [<i>Increases the punishment for the crime of promoting prostitution if the crime is committed within a specified distance of a massage facility. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Increases the punishment for the crime of compelling prostitution if the crime is committed within a specified distance of a massage facility. Punishes by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both.</i>] Includes a massage therapist in \"public or private official\" for purposes of mandatory reporting of abuse. Becomes operative on January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "HB 3819"
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citation: "Oregon HB 3819 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor", "Thuy Tran"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-24T02:25:10+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8b7146-246d-415b-aa85-be0703136a3e"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3819"
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source_hash: "944899659cdb4fb422f1d2e1c287687d53620930f4170f4a1cc65dee10eb888b"
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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-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 3819 (2025R1) — Relating to the State Board of Massage Therapists; and prescribing an effective date.
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</b> </i>] Allows the State Board of Massage Therapists [<i>to issue a registration to practice reflexology to a qualified applicant. Prohibits the practice of reflexology without a registration. Prohibits employing or hiring or contracting with a person to practice reflexology if the person is not registered to practice reflexology. Allows the board</i>] to post a placard on the exterior of a massage facility found to have committed specified violations. Increases the civil penalty that the board may impose for violations from $1,000 to $5,000. Increases the punishment for <b>the second or subsequent violation of</b> operating a massage facility without a permit or practicing massage therapy without a license. Punishes by a maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. [<i>Provides that certain hearsay statements related to certain sex crimes are not inadmissible in evidence even though the declarant is available as a witness.</i>] [<i>Increases the punishment for the crime of promoting prostitution if the crime is committed within a specified distance of a massage facility. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Increases the punishment for the crime of compelling prostitution if the crime is committed within a specified distance of a massage facility. Punishes by a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment, $375,000 fine, or both.</i>] Includes a massage therapist in "public or private official" for purposes of mandatory reporting of abuse. Becomes operative on January 1, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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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. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3819/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3819/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3819/A-Engrossed)
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4. **HJUD Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28637)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3819/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Tran. Passed. — **51–2** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
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- Thuy Tran — primary (person)
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- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health and Health Care. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-03-12T23:40:41+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Judiciary.
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- **2025-03-12T23:40:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-04-11T18:36:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-04-17T21:54:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Tran. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17T21:55:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Chaichi.
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- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-14T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-19T17:09:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-19T18:21:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00** Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-21T19:19:17+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-22T19:23:08+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-06-02T19:09:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03T17:29:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-06-03T22:25:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-06-02T19:10:24+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Robinson.
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- **2025-06-11T23:16:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-24T02:25:10+00:00** Chapter 308, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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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/ed8b7146-246d-415b-aa85-be0703136a3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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