81R2768 JAM-D By: Harless H.B. No. 623 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the regulation of massage establishments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 455.2021 to read as follows: Sec. 455.2021. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT HOURS OF OPERATION. (a) A massage establishment may provide services only between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. (b) The entrance doors to a massage establishment must remain unlocked during business hours. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.