---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists"
description: "Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists ; Defines \"dry needling\" & \"myofascial trigger point\"; requires Board of Occupational Therapy Association to establish minimum standards of practice for performance of dry needling by occupational therapists; provides performance requirements; requires board to establish additional supervision & training requirements; requires DOH to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 867"
citation: "Florida HB 867 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-110"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62a15c6a-de57-4274-87f1-1a7aff34ad4f"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/867/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a7471d03d2fe0cde6d36a6a1acca9933ac76fb00251d5f42b100393ed7324b61"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 867 (2026) — Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists

Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists ; Defines "dry needling" & "myofascial trigger point"; requires Board of Occupational Therapy Association to establish minimum standards of practice for performance of dry needling by occupational therapists; provides performance requirements; requires board to establish additional supervision & training requirements; requires DOH to submit specified report to Legislature by specified date.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-110.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 867 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/867/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 867 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/867/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 867 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/867/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-23** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-21** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-26** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- **2026-01-28** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2026-02-11** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2026-02-11** CS Filed `filing`
- **2026-02-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 914
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Chapter No. 2026-110

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62a15c6a-de57-4274-87f1-1a7aff34ad4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).