By: Paxton S.B. No. 2167
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2025; March 24, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 16, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 16, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2167 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.206, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 455.206. NEW LICENSE REQUIRED FOR [ESTABLISHMENT]
CHANGE OF LOCATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OR SCHOOL [PROHIBITED]. A
massage establishment or massage school may not change the location
of the establishment or school without obtaining a new massage
establishment or massage school license under this chapter, as
appropriate.
SECTION 2. Section 455.251, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(d) If the applicant for a massage establishment or massage
school license under this chapter is subject to an emergency order
under Section 51.3511 for a ground described by Section 455.252,
the commission or executive director may delay the determination to
approve or refuse the issuance of the license for the period during
which the emergency order is in effect. For purposes of this
subsection, if the applicant is an entity, the applicant is
considered to be subject to the emergency order if any owner or
operator of the entity is subject to the emergency order.
(e) The commission or executive director may delay the
determination to approve or refuse the issuance of a massage
establishment or massage school license for a period of up to 90
days after the date on which the application for the license is
submitted if the commission or executive director has reasonable
cause to believe an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code:
(1) is being or is likely to be committed at the
location for which the license is sought; or
(2) was committed at a massage establishment or
massage school owned or operated by the applicant or, if the
applicant is an entity, operated by any owner or operator of the
applicant.
(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), the date that an
application is submitted is the date on which a complete
application is received by the department, including any additional
requested materials.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall
adopt rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this
Act to Chapter 455, Occupations Code.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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