2025-2026 Regular Session

HB457

Occupational therapists; perform dry needling as a physical agent modality if certain training and education requirements are met; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 28 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to occupational therapists, so as to authorize occupational therapists to perform dry needling as a physical agent modality if certain training and education requirements are met; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Regulated Industries
Last status date: February 19, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Regulated Industries
Author: Mitchell Horner
Co-sponsors: Alan Powell Kasey Carpenter Jordan Ridley Rick Jasperse

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February 18, 2025 · House

Regulated Industries

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 19, 2025
House House Second Readers
February 18, 2025
House House First Readers
February 13, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1970336
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB457.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00