HB 579 VA

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Interstate Massage Compact; education and examination requirements; Compact Commission membership. Modifies the education and examination requirements of the Interstate Massage Compact to clarify acceptable national examinations and expand acceptable education programs to include massage therapists with less than 625 clock hours of education but who have held a license in good standing for at least two years. The bill permits each state to choose its delegate to the Commission as either a member of the state's licensing board or its primary administrative officer of the state's licensing authority and the Compact Commission to elect up to two ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. As introduced, the amendments are statutory updates requested of participating states by the Interstate Massage Compact Commission.

• Jackie H. Glass Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103218D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB579) · lower
4. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Health Professions · lower
5. Jan 22, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Jan 22, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N 1-A) · lower
7. Jan 27, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Jan 29, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Jan 30, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Jan 30, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
11. Jan 30, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Feb 2, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
13. Feb 2, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A) · lower
14. Feb 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 3, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
16. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB579) · lower
17. Feb 20, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) · upper

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.

• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Health and Human Services Amendment · HTML
• Health and Human Services Amendment · HTML
• Health Professions Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML