PRINTER'S NO. 1442 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL No.1226 Session of 2025 INTRODUCED BY CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, VENKAT, GIRAL, RABB, WAXMAN, MAYES, OTTEN, HOHENSTEIN, RIVERA AND BOYD, APRIL 22, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 22, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), entitled "An act regulating massage therapy; establishing the State Board of Massage Therapy; providing for funds, for licensure, for disciplinary action, for remedies, for penalties and for preemption," further providing for State Board of Massage Therapy. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 3(a) introductory paragraph of the act of October 9, 2008 (P.L.1438, No.118), known as the Massage Therapy Law, is amended to read: Section 3. Board. (a) Establishment.--There is established the State Board of Massage Therapy, an administrative board within the department. The board shall consist of 11 members [ who are citizens of the United States and] who have been residents of this Commonwealth for at least a five-year period prior to the effective date of this section. The board shall be composed of the following individuals: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 * * * Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. 20250HB1226PN1442 - 2 - 1 2