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Interstate Massage Compact; education and examination requirements; Compact Commission membership. Modifies the education and examination requirements of the Interstate Massage Compact to clarify acceptable national examinations and expand acceptable education programs to include massage therapists with less than 625 clock hours of education but who have held a license in good standing for at least two years. The bill permits each state to choose its delegate to the Commission as either a member of the state's licensing board or its primary administrative officer of the state's licensing authority and the Compact Commission to elect up to two ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission. As introduced, the amendments are statutory updates requested of participating states by the Interstate Massage Compact Commission.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Feb 26, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB579)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee amendments agreed to
Read second time
Engrossed by House as amended
Read first time
Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned sub: Health Professions
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB579)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103218D
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Stricken at request of Patron in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Jackie H. Glass