| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2016 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the eligibility requirements for a license as a massage |
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| 6 | 6 | | establishment, massage school, massage therapist, or massage |
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| 7 | 7 | | therapy instructor. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 455.152, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 455.152. INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. A person is not |
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| 12 | 12 | | eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, |
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| 13 | 13 | | massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is |
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| 14 | 14 | | an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo |
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| 15 | 15 | | contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Section 22.011 or |
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| 17 | 17 | | 22.021 [Penal Code], or Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Penal Code; [,] or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) another sexual offense. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 20 | 20 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 22 | 22 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the House on April |
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| 23 | 23 | | 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 24 | 24 | | voting. |
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| 25 | 25 | | ______________________________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 27 | 27 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 31 | 31 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | Date |
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| 33 | 33 | | _____________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Governor |
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