Bill Commons

DE HB 165

enacted

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DRY NEEDLING.

Delaware · 2025-2026 Regular Session (153rd General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did DE HB 165 pass?

Yes. DE HB 165 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-31): Signed by Governor

What is DE HB 165 about?

This Act authorizes physician assistants, occupational therapists, and nurse practitioners to practice dry needling. This Act sets forth requirements and limitations pertaining to the practice of dry needling. Dry needling may not be performed without a physician referral, and physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and occupational therapists may not hold themselves out as acupuncturists unless they are licensed acupuncturists.

Who sponsors DE HB 165?

Marie Pinkney, Ray Seigfried, Spiros Mantzavinos and 3 others are the primary sponsors of DE HB 165.

Description

This Act authorizes physician assistants, occupational therapists, and nurse practitioners to practice dry needling. This Act sets forth requirements and limitations pertaining to the practice of dry needling. Dry needling may not be performed without a physician referral, and physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and occupational therapists may not hold themselves out as acupuncturists unless they are licensed acupuncturists.

Introduced
2025-05-15
Latest action
2026-08-31 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Marie Pinkneyprimary
  • Ray Seigfriedprimary
  • Spiros Mantzavinosprimary
  • Sarah McBrideprimary
  • Nicole Pooreprimary
  • Kerri Evelyn Harrisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-31

    Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

  2. 2026-06-23

    Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES

    passage

  3. 2026-06-17

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-06-11

    Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate

    introduction,referral-committee

  5. 2026-06-11

    Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT

    passage

  6. 2026-06-11

    Amendment HA 2 to HB 165 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  7. 2026-06-11

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 165 - Passed In House by Voice Vote

    amendment-passage

  8. 2026-06-09

    Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 11 On Its Merits

    committee-passage

  9. 2026-06-09

    Amendment HA 2 to HB 165 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

  10. 2026-05-19

    Amendment HA 1 to HB 165 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

    amendment-introduction

  11. 2025-05-15

    Introduced and Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House

    introduction,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SM

    2026-06-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (41)
    • Alonna Berry: yes
    • Stephanie T. Bolden: yes
    • Frank Burns: yes
    • William Bush: yes
    • William J. Carson: yes
    • Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha: yes
    • Richard G. Collins: yes
    • Franklin D. Cooke: yes
    • Daniel B. Short: yes
    • Timothy D. Dukes: yes
    • Mara Gorman: yes
    • Ronald E. Gray: yes
    • Krista Griffith: yes
    • Kerri Evelyn Harris: yes
    • Debra Heffernan: yes
    • Kevin S Hensley: other
    • Jeff Hilovsky: yes
    • Valerie Jones Giltner: yes
    • Kendra Johnson: yes
    • Kimberly Williams: yes
    • Kamela T Smith: yes
    • Larry Lambert: yes
    • Sean M. Lynn: yes
    • Michael F. Smith: yes
    • Melissa Minor-Brown: yes
    • Shannon Morris: yes
    • Eric Morrison: yes
    • DeShanna U Neal: yes
    • Josue O Ortega: yes
    • Edward S. Osienski: yes
    • Sophie Phillips: yes
    • Charles S Postles Jr.: yes
    • Cyndie Romer: yes
    • Melanie Ross Levin: yes
    • Sherae'a Moore: yes
    • Bryan W. Shupe: yes
    • Claire Snyder-Hall: yes
    • Jeffrey N. Spiegelman: yes
    • Jesse R. Vanderwende: yes
    • Madinah Wilson-Anton: yes
    • Lyndon D. Yearick: yes

  • 2/3

    2026-06-23 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (21)
    • Darius J. Brown: yes
    • Eric Buckson: yes
    • Daniel Cruce: yes
    • Stephanie L. Hansen: yes
    • Gerald W. Hocker: yes
    • Kyra L. Hoffner: yes
    • Russell Huxtable: yes
    • Dave G. Lawson: yes
    • S. Elizabeth Lockman: yes
    • Spiros Mantzavinos: yes
    • Trey Paradee: yes
    • Brian Pettyjohn: yes
    • Marie Pinkney: yes
    • Nicole Poore: yes
    • Bryant L. Richardson: yes
    • Ray Seigfried: yes
    • David P. Sokola: yes
    • Laura V. Sturgeon: yes
    • Bryan Townsend: yes
    • John "Jack" Walsh: yes
    • David L. Wilson: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=142308

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-09-03T00:07:28.248386Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=DE&identifier=HB 165. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.