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type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate Massage Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact."
description: "Interstate Massage Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Interstate Massage Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed massage therapists to practice in Compact member states, provided that they meet certain requirements. The Compact takes effect when enacted by a seventh member state. Currently, two states have enacted the Compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2448"
citation: "Virginia HB 2448 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a4748a7-55ab-4c59-9c02-90f25c01839f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2448"
source_hash: "2fd8c4f8f1594276f141fa0a4c8fa065a6b7bcd0241a3ea5e6e5b51998ecdaac"
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-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2448 (2025) — Interstate Massage Compact; authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to Compact.
Interstate Massage Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Interstate Massage Compact. The Compact permits eligible licensed massage therapists to practice in Compact member states, provided that they meet certain requirements. The Compact takes effect when enacted by a seventh member state. Currently, two states have enacted the Compact.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016420.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072726.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061613.PDF)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 1-N 1-A) — **191** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103087D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2448)
- **2025-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2448ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2448)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 274 (Effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a4748a7-55ab-4c59-9c02-90f25c01839f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).