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IntroducedFeb 06, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Health Occupations - Massage Therapy - Advertising
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 19, 2026: Referred Finance
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 975
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 132
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Pasteur
- Stewart
- Acevero
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Patterson
- Stinnett
- Adams
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Phillips
- Stonko
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Pippy
- Szeliga
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kipke
- Qi
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Anderson
- Fair
- Lehman
- Reilly
- Toles
- Arentz
- Feldmark
- Lewis
- Roberson
- Tomlinson
- Arikan
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Roberts
- Turner
- Bagnall
- Fisher
- Long, R.
- Rogers
- Valderrama
- Baker
- Foley
- Lopez
- Rose
- Valentine
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Mangione
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Ross
- Watson
- Beauchamp
- Grammer
- McCaskill
- Ruff
- Wells
- Behler
- Griffith
- McComas
- Ruth
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Metzgar
- Sample-Hughes
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Miller
- Schindler
- Williams
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Mireku-North
- Schmidt
- Wims
- Buckel
- Hill
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wivell
- Cardin
- Hinebaugh
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Chang
- Holmes
- Morgan, M.
- Simpson
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Hornberger
- Morgan, T.
- Smith
- Woorman
- Chisholm
- Howard
- Nkongolo
- Solomon
- Wu
- Ciliberti
- Hutchinson
- Odom
- Spiegel
- Young
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Palakovich Carr
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Coley
- Jacobs
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Finance
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (132-0)
- Mar 13, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
- Favorable with Amendments {703121/1 Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 06, 2026 | House
- First Reading Health
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - HealthPDF
- Video: HealthHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Adams-COok, Chelsea
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Baine, Elise (Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- (MD), State of Maryland
- HLT In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Finkelstein, Jodi
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Thompson, Jada (American Massage Therapy Association)
- HLT Testimony, FWA -- Lopez, Sabrina (Maryland Board of Massage Therapy Examiners)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Rodriguez, Amanda (Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force/ TurnAround, Inc.)
- HLT Testimony, FAV -- Guzzone, Pam (MGA)
- HLT Testimony, UNF -- Swiss, Tom (EarthTouch Shiatsu and Massage)



