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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill

SB627

SB627 revises Texas dietitian-licensing language and removes several specific administrative requirements; it does not abolish dietitian licensing.

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Official caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of dietitians.

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Bill highlights

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SB627 revises Texas dietitian-licensing language and removes several specific administrative requirements; it does not abolish dietitian licensing.
The law removes the word “fitness” from the direction to establish applicant qualifications, while retaining qualification-setting and the code of ethics.
The agency may refuse renewal for failure to pay an administrative penalty imposed under its general licensing law, Chapter 51, Subchapter F.

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What does it do?

SB627 revises Texas dietitian-licensing language and removes several specific administrative requirements; it does not abolish dietitian licensing. It deletes references to “provisional licensed dietitian” and “PLD” from the title-protection provision and repeals the corresponding definition. The requirement for an appropriate license to use “licensed dietitian” or “LD” remains. The separate restriction on “registered dietitian” or “RD” remains unchanged. Sections 1–2 and 4; Existing title protections.

The law removes the word “fitness” from the direction to establish applicant qualifications, while retaining qualification-setting and the code of ethics. It repeals the dietitian-specific requirement to prepare and make available a registry, and the requirement that the State Office of Administrative Hearings use the commission’s rule-adopted sanctions schedule in these hearings. Those repeals remove named statutory duties; they do not establish that all public license information disappears or that professional discipline ends. Enacted revisions; Repealed registry duty; Repealed sanctions-schedule provision.

The agency may refuse renewal for failure to pay an administrative penalty imposed under its general licensing law, Chapter 51, Subchapter F. The bill replaces the old Chapter 701, Subchapter K reference and preserves the exceptions when enforcement is stayed or a court says the penalty is not owed. Signed June 20, 2025, SB627 took effect September 1, 2025. Sections 3 and 5; History.

What changed along the way?

All five posted bill versions—introduced, Senate committee, engrossed, House committee and enrolled—contain the same operative language. Both committees reported without amendments, and the amendment index lists none. The registry and sanctions-schedule repeals were in the original bill, not late additions. Introduced text; Version index; Amendment index.

The repealed definition described a person provisionally licensed under Chapter 701; the repealed registry section expressly included both licensed and provisional dietitians. The final law removes those provisions but does not repeal the existing application or examination sections. It also leaves the general authority to impose administrative penalties in place. Former definition; Former registry requirement; Application requirements; Examination requirements and waiver; General penalty authority.

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Official bill versions

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Applicants and license holders encounter revised statutory terminology and an updated penalty cross-reference, while the agency has fewer dietitian-specific registry and hearing instructions. The retained LD title protection still matters to consumers choosing a professional. Removing a statutory registry duty may affect the legal basis for that information service, but SB627 does not itself direct an existing website to close or quantify a reduction in paperwork. Complete act.

Both fiscal notes—the February 17 introduced-bill note and May 1 engrossed-bill note—anticipate no significant state fiscal impact, with costs absorbed using existing resources, and no local fiscal impact. Neither estimates consumer savings, changes in provider numbers or professional-service prices. The act appropriates no money and sets no new licensing fee. Introduced fiscal note; Engrossed fiscal note.

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