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TX HB 4070

enacted

Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 4070 pass?

Yes. TX HB 4070 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 4070 about?

TX HB 4070 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4070?

Johnson, Ashby, Darby and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4070, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-27
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Johnsonprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Darbyprimary
  • Harlessprimary
  • Villalobosprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Garcia, Joseycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-30

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-27

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-27

    Co-sponsor authorized

  19. 2025-05-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-26

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  21. 2025-05-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-05-26

    Vote taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-26

    Considered in public hearing

  24. 2025-05-23

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-05-23

    Testimony taken in committee

  26. 2025-05-23

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-23

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  28. 2025-05-22

    Posting rule suspended

  29. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-21

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  32. 2025-05-14

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  34. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  35. 2025-05-14

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-05-14

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-13

    Passed to engrossment

  40. 2025-05-13

    Laid out as postponed business

  41. 2025-05-13

    Postponed

  42. 2025-05-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  44. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  46. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  47. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  48. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-04-28

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  51. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  52. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-03-27

    Referred to Public Health

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-03-27

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2025-03-07

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 78-57

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bell, K.: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Button: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leach: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lopez, J.: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Isaac: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Fischer: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Phelan: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 91-49

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bell, K.: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Frank: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Olcot: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Virdel: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 4070 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-27 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Middleton: no

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