Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB233: Adopting the interstate massage compact
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2025
What the bill says
An act adopting the interstate massage compact; providing definitions; providing for a multistate license for massage therapists; providing for criminal background checks for multistate licensure; providing rulemaking authority; and providing a contingent effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR A MULTISTATE LICENSE FOR MASSAGE THERAPISTS; PROVIDING FOR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR MULTISTATE LICENSURE; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING A CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Enactment -- provisions. The interstate massage compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions joining the compact in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to reduce the burdens on state governments and to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of massage therapy with the goal of improving public access to, and the safety of, massage therapy services. Through this compact, the member states seek to establish a regulatory framework that provides for a new multistate licensing program. Through this additional licensing pathway, the member states seek to provide increased value and mobility to licensed massage therapists in the member states, while ensuring the provision of safe, competent, and reliable services to the public. (1) This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives, and the member states hereby ratify the same intentions by subscribing hereto: (a) increase public access to massage therapy services by providing for a multistate licensing pathway; (b) enhance the member states' ability to protect the public's health and safety; (c) enhance the member states' ability to prevent human …
Sponsors
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49) · primary sponsor
- Carter, Bob (D, 96)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 84 yea, 15 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 29, 2025): 90 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 13, 2025): 41 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 12, 2025): 43 yea, 7 nay, passed
Subjects: Rule Making, Professions and Occupations E-N, Professions and Occupations Generally
Common questions
- What is SB233?
- SB233 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Adopting the interstate massage compact.
- What does SB233 do?
- In its own words: An act adopting the interstate massage compact; providing definitions; providing for a multistate license for massage therapists; providing for criminal background checks for multistate licensure; providing rulemaking authority; and providing a contingent effective date.
- What is the status of SB233?
- Signed into law as of April 17, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 17, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB233?
- Curdy, Willis (D, 49), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB233?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0868
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