New Hampshire Lawmaker Pushes for Licensing Massage Parlors to Combat Sex Trafficking

Pamela Keilig, public policy specialist at the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, said that requiring massage businesses to be licensed is a key preventative strategy. 

Not only does licensing help stop illegal operations from taking root in the state, but it also protects massage therapists who might be forced to work in such establishments, she said.
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“We really view this as a really important prevention strategy to ensure that traffickers don’t see our state as a safe haven to exploit people and put our communities at risk,” said Keilig. “One of the benefits of having these establishment licenses is ensuring that there are some standard practices being put in place and a structure to hopefully mitigate this Whack-a-Mole phenomenon that we are seeing.”

Concord Monitor
November 29, 2025

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