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type: "Bill"
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title: "Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of \"massage therapy\""
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description: "Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of \"massage therapy\""
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 496"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 496 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thorne"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-08-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a14182a2-2061-4799-812f-a237113a336f"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=496&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "e9d3750f5bb93a87dd4df8baa06d4ba6dc908dfb84632ad34b22f371665ec213"
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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-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 496 (2025) — Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy"
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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. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb496%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=496)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb496%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=496)
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3. **sb496 h go am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/sb496%20h%20go%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Thorne — primary (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-02-14** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-27** On 1st reading
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- **2025-02-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** On 2nd reading
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- **2025-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** On 3rd reading
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- **2025-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Ordered to House
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- **2025-03-04** House received Senate message
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- **2025-03-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2025-03-04** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** To House Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Passed House (Roll No. 431) `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Communicated to Senate
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- **2025-04-10** House Message received
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- **2025-04-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 458)
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- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
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- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
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- **2025-04-14** To Governor 4/14/2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-08** Chapter 196, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
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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/a14182a2-2061-4799-812f-a237113a336f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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