Cosmetic, mouth to face, after a board-approved course.
The bill lets Texas dentists inject Botox-type neuromodulators into a patient's mouth, jaw and face area for cosmetic reasons, but only after finishing a training course the dental board approves. It touches dentists, their patients, and the State Board of Dental Examiners, which must write the rules by December 1, 2025. On the ground, dentists get a clear legal path to offer cosmetic injections, with a training requirement as the gate.
Labels
Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 8, 2025. Died in the House: left pending in the Public Health committee.
relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.
WHAT IT DOES
Cosmetic, mouth to face, after a board-approved course.
The bill lets Texas dentists inject Botox-type neuromodulators into a patient's mouth, jaw and face area for cosmetic reasons, but only after finishing a training course the dental board approves. It touches dentists, their patients, and the State Board of Dental Examiners, which must write the rules by December 1, 2025. On the ground, dentists get a clear legal path to offer cosmetic injections, with a training requirement as the gate.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Schwertner moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1117 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Schwertner moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1117 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Health · Final status: Died in committee
Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations
DENTISTS & DENTISTRY
DENTAL EXAMINERS, STATE BOARD OF
Text
The text as introduced · 152 words
89R5465 JTZ-F
By: Schwertner
S.B. No. 1117
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of botulinum toxin by dentists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 258, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 258.0531 to read as follows:
Sec. 258.0531. USE OF BOTULINUM TOXIN. (a) A dentist may,
for aesthetic purposes, administer to a patient's oral and
maxillofacial regions a neuromodulator containing botulinum toxin
or a biosimilar or bioequivalent neuromodulator only if the dentist
has completed a course of training approved by the board on the
administration of the neuromodulator.
(b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, the State Board
of Dental Examiners shall adopt the rules required by Section
258.0531, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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