By: Hernandez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2016
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
SchwertnerX
KingX
BirdwellX
CampbellX
CreightonX
JohnsonX
KolkhorstX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
NicholsX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage
establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage
therapy instructor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.152, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 455.152. INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. A person is not
eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school,
massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is
an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo
contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for:
(1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Section 22.011 or
22.021 [Penal Code], or Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Penal Code; [,] or
(2) another sexual offense.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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