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| Bill | 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. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | HB 867 | Florida HB 867 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-110 |
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3 | 41 | 5 | 2025-12-23 | 2026-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/62a15c6a-de57-4274-87f1-1a7aff34ad4f | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/867/ByCategory | a7471d03d2fe0cde6d36a6a1acca9933ac76fb00251d5f42b100393ed7324b61 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
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; origin ocd-bill/62a15c6a-de57-4274-87f1-1a7aff34ad4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).