Relating to adding an athletic trainer to the Board of Physical Therapy
HB 2172 adds an athletic trainer as a voting member to the Board of Physical Therapy. This bill directly affects athletic trainers by granting them a formal role in the board that regulates physical therapy practice. The key provision changes the board's composition to include this specific professional perspective in its decision-making. The law became effective on July 31, 2025, after approval by the Governor.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Signed Jul 31, 2025
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Committee Substitute
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Engrossed Committee Substitute
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Apr 4, 2025
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The bill version was updated from the Committee Substitute to the Engrossed Committee Substitute, incorporating the final legislative text. The substantive policy content regarding the Board of Physical Therapy, the addition of an athletic trainer member, and tie-breaking procedures remains unchanged; the differences are primarily formatting updates to the document headers and version labels.
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No change to the bill's scope or applicability; this is a version update.
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Updated document headers and version labels to reflect the transition from 'Committee Substitute' to 'Engrossed Committee Substitute'.
Removed internal legislative notes and explanatory text regarding the bill's purpose and formatting conventions.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 17, 2025
How they voted
28–4
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Apr 4, 2025
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican31
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 25, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025
lower
Apr 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
upper
Apr 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Roll No. 309)
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported do pass
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
To Government Organization
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 96)
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
To House Health and Human Resources
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
To House Health Care Regulations
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To House Health and Human Resources
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Evan Worrell
RRepublican
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