---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval"
description: "Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Maryland SB 232 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beidle", "Gile", "Hester", "Jackson", "Lewis Young", "McCray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc3711e-aa50-490a-b870-5faeefe28691"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0232?ys=2023RS&search=True"
source_hash: "91a279e840573d4525c9091936f99c489f63f79cf951edfbd071c14ee2910961"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland SB 232 (2023) — Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_303_sb0232e.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0232e.pdf)
3. **First - Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0232f.pdf)
4. **Third - Health Occupations - Licensed Athletic Trainers - Dry Needling Approval** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/bills/sb/sb0232t.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beidle — primary (person)
- Gile — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lewis Young — primary (person)
- McCray — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-23** First Reading Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Hearing 2/07 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-02-27** Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-03-02** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Referred Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Hearing 3/22 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2023-04-05** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Senate Concurs House Amendments
- **2023-04-10** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Passed Enrolled
- **2023-05-03** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 303 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc3711e-aa50-490a-b870-5faeefe28691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).