By: Hernandez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2016
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
  April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business & Commerce; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         SchwertnerX
         KingX
         BirdwellX
         CampbellX
         CreightonX
         JohnsonX
         KolkhorstX
         MenéndezX
         MiddletonX
         NicholsX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.
 
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