H.B. No. 2016
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the House on April
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor