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SB 496 WV
Became Law

Removing reflexology and other energy-based work from definition of "massage therapy"

WV · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 14, 2025

Latest action (Aug 8, 2025) Chapter 196, Acts, Regular Session, 2025

Sponsor (1)

  • Thorne Republican · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
  • Rucker Republican · cosponsor

Action history (39)

  1. Feb 14, 2025 Filed for introduction · upper
  2. Feb 14, 2025 To Government Organization · upper
  3. Feb 14, 2025 Introduced in Senate · upper
  4. Feb 14, 2025 To Government Organization · upper
  5. Feb 26, 2025 Reported do pass · upper
  6. Feb 27, 2025 On 1st reading · upper
  7. Feb 27, 2025 Read 1st time · upper
  8. Feb 28, 2025 On 2nd reading · upper
  9. Feb 28, 2025 Read 2nd time · upper
  10. Mar 3, 2025 On 3rd reading · upper
  11. Mar 3, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  12. Mar 3, 2025 Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) · upper
  13. Mar 3, 2025 Ordered to House · upper
  14. Mar 4, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  15. Mar 4, 2025 Introduced in House · lower
  16. Mar 4, 2025 To Government Organization · lower
  17. Mar 4, 2025 To House Government Organization · lower
  18. Apr 4, 2025 With amendment, do pass · lower
  19. Apr 7, 2025 On 1st reading, Special Calendar · lower
  20. Apr 7, 2025 Read 1st time · lower
  21. Apr 8, 2025 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  22. Apr 8, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  23. Apr 8, 2025 Amendment reported by the Clerk · lower
  24. Apr 8, 2025 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) · lower
  25. Apr 9, 2025 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  26. Apr 9, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  27. Apr 9, 2025 Passed House (Roll No. 431) · lower
  28. Apr 9, 2025 Communicated to Senate · lower
  29. Apr 10, 2025 House Message received · upper
  30. Apr 10, 2025 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 458) · upper
  31. Apr 10, 2025 Communicated to House · upper
  32. Apr 10, 2025 Completed legislative action · upper
  33. Apr 14, 2025 To Governor 4/14/2025 · upper
  34. Apr 12, 2025 To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  35. Apr 12, 2025 To Governor 4/14/2025 - House Journal · lower
  36. Apr 24, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 · upper
  37. Apr 12, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  38. Apr 12, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal · lower
  39. Aug 8, 2025 Chapter 196, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 · upper
Subjects
Professions and Occupations

Text versions (7)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Version · HTML
  • Enrolled Version · PDF
  • Enrolled Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Introduced Version · HTML
  • Introduced Version · PDF
  • Introduced Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • sb496 h go am _1 adopted.htm · HTML

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