republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/hb-4070.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices."
description: "Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4070"
citation: "Texas HB 4070 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "DENTISTS & DENTISTRY (S0158)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Campbell", "Darby", "Harless", "Johnson", "Villalobos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/517d5875-b083-49ac-9b62-027bc64b9fab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4070.xml"
source_hash: "c85bbaf2a04ae86c58e7eae25999c38625bcc8014220a34b2e0f4cd155045eed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 4070 (89R) — Relating to the sale, design, and manufacture of orthodontic devices.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04070I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04070E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04070H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04070S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04070F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **78–57** (pass) · lower
- 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. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- 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. — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **91–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Darby — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Villalobos — primary (person)
- Garcia, Josey — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Postponed
- **2025-05-13** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-26** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/517d5875-b083-49ac-9b62-027bc64b9fab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).