H.B. No. 2016
 
 
 
 
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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the House on April
  19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2016 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor