Does my brake line need to be bled?

[toughnuts]

After a drop on my Muni, the handle on my Hs33 brake bent and needed to be replaced. I replaced it this weekend, but now the brakes don't seem to be as strong.

I looked in the owner's manual and the only reference to telling if the brake line needs to be bled is something like: the calipers will not move inward when you gently pull on the lever.

When I pull on the lever, the calipers move. If it needed to be bled, would the calipers even move?

When I was changing it, there is a pinlike thing that dangles from the handle that works like a plunger and it came out, but the rubber seal that it goes into stayed intakt.