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type: "Bill"
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title: "Massage Therapy"
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description: "Massage Therapy; Revises definition & purpose of massage therapy."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 245"
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citation: "Florida HB 245 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["homestead and exemptions"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-143"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chaney"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a997b568-3355-43d1-8ed7-a01a4e342fb4"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "6f888efa42b4a6ae1443551f811fb898e822a723e4154e98da15d98c35df1c01"
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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-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 245 (2021) — Massage Therapy
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Massage Therapy; Revises definition & purpose of massage therapy.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-143.
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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. **H 245 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 245 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/245/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chaney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-01-22** Referred to Professions and Public Health Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-01** Added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-03** Favorable by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-03** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-08** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-10** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-10** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-03-16** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-18** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-03-18** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
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- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** In Messages
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- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Received
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- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-26** Substituted for CS/SB 352
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- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-27** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-27** In Messages
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- **2021-04-27** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-143
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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/a997b568-3355-43d1-8ed7-a01a4e342fb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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