---
type: "Bill"
title: "Practice of athletic training; amends definition."
description: "Practice of athletic training; definition. Amendsthe definition of \"practice of athletic training\" to allow the practice of athletic training to be conducted in an inpatient or outpatientsetting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "Virginia HB 1389 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff8539d-634c-49a6-8e3c-20157eb1f6ac"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1389"
source_hash: "8cef999f438dcae54f274e9e731ffb9c515b1985a0e2a587a90feb9dfe02a849"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1389 (2024) — Practice of athletic training; amends definition.

Practice of athletic training; definition. Amendsthe definition of "practice of athletic training" to allow the practice of athletic training to be conducted in an inpatient or outpatientsetting.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0222)
2. **HB1389ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1389ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24102509D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1389)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 0-N) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24102509D `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1389)
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-03-04** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Senate amendments agreed to by House (86-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1389ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1389ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff8539d-634c-49a6-8e3c-20157eb1f6ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).