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HB1469 Relative to the licensing requirements for massage therapy establishments.

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Relative to the licensing requirements for massage therapy establishments.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

6

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
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Your Wallet

Licensing fees may apply but are standard business costs.

7
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Your Community

Near-unanimous support suggests common-sense reforms to protect public safety and combat trafficking.

6
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Your Freedom

Balances business operation freedom with public safety protections.

Status

Conference Committee Report 2026-2063c: Adopted, Voice Vote 06/04/2026 House Journal 15

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Charles Foote (R)

The Short Version

Updates massage therapy establishment licensing requirements with nearly unanimous support (323-28). Likely strengthens standards to combat human trafficking while ensuring legitimate businesses can operate properly.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Legitimate massage therapists
  • ▲ Consumers
  • ▲ Anti-trafficking efforts

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Illegitimate establishments operating without proper oversight

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 ( 165 for , 27 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 158 for , 1 against ) .

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

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-26
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

165R + 158D
Voted to Pass (323)
27R + 1D
Voted Against (28)
27
Absent
15
Not voting
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Voted Yea (323)

Republicans (165)
Democrats (158)
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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