HB 607/SB 311 – Massage Board Membership

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Alan McNeil (R-Moore)

Primary Senate Sponsors: Sen. Dan Bishop (R-Mecklenburg), Sen. Paul Lowe (R-Forsyth)

Bill Summary

This bill increases the Massage and Bodywork Therapy Board from 7 members to 8.

The bill adds a member who is currently licensed to operate a massage and bodywork therapy establishment.

Bill Movement

House

The House version of this bill was filed on April 4, 2019.

This bill was referred to the following committees:

  • Regulatory Reform
    • Passed – April 11, 2019
  • Finance
    • Passed – May 29, 2019
  • Rules
    • Passed – June 17, 2019

This bill will now move to the House floor.

This bill was with drawn from the House calendar on June 20, 2019.

Senate

The Senate version of this bill was filed on March 19, 2019.

This bill was referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 20, 2019.

This bill was referred to the following committees:

  • Commerce and Insurance
    • heard for discussion only on May 1, 2019.
    • passed May 2, 2019
  • Rules
    • passed May 6, 2019

The Senate version of this bill passed in the Senate on May 8, 2019.

The Senate version of this bill was referred to the House Rules Committee.

This proposed committee substitute was an agreed compromise by the stakeholders. It took out the fee increases in the bill and allows the governor to retain the same number of appointments as the NCGA. The bill passed in the House Rules Committee on June 24, 2019.

This bill was withdrawn from the on June 25, 2019 and on June 26, 2019.