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Committee amends H588 to clarify massage/bodywork registration and establishment fees

Ways & Means Committee · February 28, 2026
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Summary

The Ways & Means committee adopted a technical amendment to H588 that moves existing massage-registration fees into a consolidated fees section, preserves the $90 practitioner fee, and creates a $50 reduced establishment fee for qualifying two-person practices; the amendment and the bill were found favorable by the committee.

The Ways & Means Committee on Tuesday approved a committee amendment to H588 that reorganizes fee provisions for massage therapists, bodyworkers and related —touch— professions and establishes a reduced establishment fee for very small practices.

Tim Devlin, legislative counsel, told the committee the amendment moves the existing $90 registration fee into a single fees section and creates a new reduced $50 establishment fee for qualifying small establishments. "The 90-dollar fee is just…

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