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HB1458 Relative to the licensing of massage establishments and massage, reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork facilities.

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Relative to the licensing of massage establishments and massage, reflexology, structural integration, and Asian bodywork facilities.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

Could affect licensing fees for practitioners, with costs potentially passed to consumers.

7
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Your Community

Proper licensing helps combat human trafficking in massage establishments while ensuring public safety.

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

Balances reducing regulatory burden on legitimate practitioners with public safety needs.

Status

Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 05/07/2026; Senate Journal 11

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Erica Layon (R)

The Short Version

Updates licensing requirements for massage establishments and bodywork facilities. Currently in Senate committee. Licensing reform in this industry often aims to combat human trafficking while reducing unnecessary barriers for legitimate practitioners.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Legitimate massage therapists
  • ▲ Consumers seeking safe services
  • ▲ Anti-trafficking efforts

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Establishments facing new licensing requirements

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 173 for , 19 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 20 for , 139 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Table 2026-03-26
Failed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

19R + 139D
Voted to Kill the Bill (158)
173R + 20D
Voted to Keep It Alive (193)
27
Absent
15
Not voting
Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (158)

Republicans (19)
Democrats (139)

Voted Nay (193)

Republicans (173)
Democrats (20)
Absent (27)

Cathryn Harvey (D) , Christine Seibert (D) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Ellen Read (D) , James Summers (R) , John Leavitt (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kevin Verville (R) , Lisa Freeman (R) , Mark McLean (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Raymond Plante (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Kesselring (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , William Dolan (D)

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Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

This bill was auto-scored using AI analysis of the bill text and legislative data. Scores may be refined as we review more bills.