# Virginia SB728: Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition.

Virginia SB728, Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Michael J. Jones (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB728-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB728
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Practice of athletic training; adds dry needling to definition.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-19
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Michael J. Jones (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Health Professions
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Professions and occupations; definition of "practice of athletic training"; dry needling. Adds dry needling to the definition of "practice of athletic training," as such term relates to the practice of medicine and other healing arts.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael J. Jones (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Continued to 2027 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB728) (Senate)
- 2026-01-19: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2026-01-19: Presented and ordered printed 26105432D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230927.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230926.PDF)

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- SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report. (in committee)
- HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of statements. (introduced)
- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230927.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230926.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB728-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).