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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 841: Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 841 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition. Primary sponsor: Mark C. Downey. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): Continued to next session in Education and Health (11-Y 0-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Professions and occupations; definition of "practice of athletic training"; dry needling. Adds dry needling to the definition of "practice of athletic training," as such term relates to the practice of medicine and other healing arts, and directs the Board of Medicine to adopt regulations requiring training and certification for the practice of dry needling by athletic trainers.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark C. DowneyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Continued to next session in Education and Health (11-Y 0-N)
  2. Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  3. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB841)
  5. Read third time and passed House (56-Y 39-N 0-A)
  6. Passed by for the day
  7. Passed by for the day
  8. Passed by for the day
  9. Engrossed by House as amended
  10. committee amendment agreed to
  11. Read second time
  12. Read first time

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source