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SB627 • 2025

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Zaffirini
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  4. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  6. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  7. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  8. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3141

  9. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage reported

  11. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  12. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  13. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  14. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  15. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3088

  16. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  18. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  19. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  20. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  21. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  22. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  23. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  24. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  26. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  27. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  28. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Health

  29. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  30. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  31. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  32. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  33. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  34. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  35. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  36. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  37. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  38. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  40. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  41. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  42. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  43. 2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  44. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  45. 2025-02-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  46. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  47. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  49. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  50. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  51. 2024-12-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  52. 2024-12-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 627 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 627

AN ACT

relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 701.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) The commission or the department, as appropriate,

shall:

(1) adopt and publish a code of ethics;

(2) establish the qualifications [
and fitness
] of

applicants for licenses, including renewed and reciprocal

licenses; and

(3) request and receive any necessary assistance from

state educational institutions or other state agencies.

SECTION 2. Section 701.251(b), Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) Unless the person holds an appropriate license issued

under this chapter, a person may not:

(1) use the title or represent or imply that the person

has the title "licensed dietitian" [
or "provisional licensed

dietitian"
] or use the letters "LD" [
or "PLD"
]; or

(2) use a facsimile of
that title
[
those titles
] to

indicate or imply that the person is a licensed dietitian [
or

provisional licensed dietitian
].

SECTION 3. Section 701.304, Occupations Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 701.304. GROUNDS FOR REFUSING RENEWAL. The commission

or department may refuse to renew the license of a person who fails

to pay an administrative penalty imposed
against the person
under

Subchapter
F, Chapter 51
[
K
], unless enforcement of the penalty is

stayed or a court has ordered that the administrative penalty is not

owed.

SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Occupations Code

are repealed:

(1) Section 701.002(9);

(2) Section 701.1511; and

(3) Section 701.403.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the Senate on

March 11, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 627 passed the House on

May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 34, two

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor