Text of section as reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778), Sec. 2.10, and Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 15.001

For text of section as reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 95 (S.B. 703), Sec. 1, and Ch. 568 (H.B. 1732), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 455.152

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. (1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, or Section 43.021, 43.03, 43.031, 43.032, 43.04, 43.041, or 43.05, Penal Code;
2. (2) an offense under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by Subdivision (1); or
3. (3) an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 (H.B. 2696), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1105 (H.B. 4007), Sec. 6.006, eff. September 1, 2017.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 1865), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2016), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Reenacted and amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778), Sec. 2.10, eff. September 1, 2025, and Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 15.001, eff. September 1, 2025.