HB 22-1300 Summary

• Grants Colorado counties authority to adopt resolutions or ordinances establishing business licensing requirements for massage facilities to prevent illicit massage businesses engaged in human trafficking.

• Permits counties to require massage facility licenses, maintain employee lists, conduct background checks on applicants and employees, and inspect records; administrative fees capped at $150 and not based on number of employees.

• Allows counties to deny applications based on applicant's criminal history (prostitution, human trafficking, money laundering, sex offender status) and to revoke or suspend licenses for violations including employing unlicensed massage therapists, advertising sexual services, or permitting sexual acts on premises.

• Defines prohibited activities at massage facilities including allowing unlicensed practitioners, operating without a licensed massage therapist present, requiring client nudity without consent, housing/sheltering persons, and operating erotic parlors.

• Exempts from regulation: university and athletic team facilities, medical offices, beauty salons, athletic clubs receiving less than 10% income from massages, temporary charity events (72 hours or less), and solo practitioners operating without business names or table showers.