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On final day of session, Gov. Abbott vetoes Botox patient safety bill filed after KXAN investigation
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed legislation which aimed to enhance Botox patient safety and transparency Monday, calling the measure 'unnecessary and overly-burdensome' for business in Texas. Senate Bill 378 would have prohibited barbers, cosmetologists and estheticians from administering Botox and other injectables unless they were licensed or authorized to give the shots. The measure would also have given the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation more disciplinary authority over those professionals. 'The passage of SB 378 is a critical step that protects the public from unqualified individuals administering potentially dangerous injections. This common-sense legislation ensures cosmetologists and barbers are not performing injections without proper physician supervision,' the bill's author, Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, explained after the measure was sent to the governor on May 21. KXAN has reached out to Schwertner's office for comment after the veto. 'Texas should be removing barriers for small businesses and occupational licensees,' Senate Secretary Patsy Spaw said on the chamber floor Monday, reading the governor's written words verbatim. 'Senate Bill 378 by Schwertner does just the opposite by, among other things, prohibiting a licensed cosmetologist or barber from 'making an incision into the dermis, layer of a person's skin.' Barbers who nick a customer's neck during a straight razor shave should not fear the loss of their licenses as we work to make government more efficient and less intrusive for Texans and businesses.' While most of the governor's vetoes will be delivered after the session, SB 378's passage timeline required him to take action sooner or the bill would have gone into law without his signature. It is his first veto of a Senate bill this session. 'I disapprove of this bill,' Abbott wrote to Senators before sine die, the official end of the session. 'Since you remain gathered in regular session and continue to conduct formal business, I am delivering this disapproval message directly to you along with the unsigned official enrolled copy of the bill.' Schwertner told lawmakers earlier in the session there have been increased reports of 'Botox parties' which include unauthorized and unsafe injections to friends and family without proper supervision. RELATED: 'Botox party' bill heads to governor Schwertner previously shared with KXAN investigators that, by law, estheticians and cosmetologists can only perform injections, including Botox, under the authority of a physician. He added that while the Texas Medical Board has disciplinary authority over physicians who are authorizing the injections, there is no oversight when it comes to professionals including estheticians or cosmetologists who could be in violation. During a House committee hearing in April, lawmakers received nearly 50 written comments from many Texas estheticians and injectors opposing the legislation and sharing concerns about their businesses being impacted. KXAN INVESTIGATION: Backroom Botox a 'wild west' in Texas Patient protection advocates have been pushing for oversight in the growing industry. The legislation was filed after a KXAN investigation uncovered that anyone in Texas can become certified to do injections, including Botox. KXAN's 'Backroom Botox' investigation highlighted medical concerns after a Botox treatment led to an emergency in the back room of a local boutique in Dublin, a city north of Austin. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
34 minutes ago
- Associated Press
Trump appears to undercut US proposal to Iran, declaring he won't allow any uranium enrichment
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered by his special envoy to Iran, saying he will insist that Tehran fully dismantle its nuclear enrichment program as part of any deal to ease crushing sanctions. Trump and Steve Witkoff, who is leading the negotiations for the U.S., have repeatedly offered inconsistent public messages about whether Iran would be allowed to retain the capacity to enrich uranium to lower levels for civilian purposes. The Trump administration maintains that it will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. The negotiations have been framed by Trump as both countries' best chance to avoid direct military conflict over Iran's nuclear program. Tehran, which denies seeking a nuclear weapon, has insisted that it will not agree to any deal that fully scraps its enrichment program. 'Under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!' Trump wrote on social media. The White House didn't elaborate on the post. Trump's post comes after media reports that Witkoff's latest proposal to Tehran would allow Iran to retain low levels of enrichment for civilian uses like nuclear medicine and commercial power if it agrees to shut down its heavily protected underground sites for a period of time. The U.S. and Iran have engaged in several rounds of direct nuclear talks for the first time in years. Senior officials — including Witkoff and Trump himself — have said within the last few weeks that Iran would not be able to keep enriching uranium at any level. The proposal, reported by Axios and confirmed by two U.S. officials, called for the creation of a regional consortium to handle uranium enrichment for civilian uses — a plan first studied more than a decade ago in negotiations that led to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Trump was sharply critical of that agreement — which also allowed set limits on uranium enrichment but permitted Iran to maintain such a capacity — and withdrew the U.S. from it in 2017 during his first term. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss private diplomatic negotiations. The International Atomic Energy Agency found that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels since its last update in February, according to a confidential report released by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Saturday. Iran has maintained that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, but Iranian officials have increasingly suggested that Tehran could pursue an atomic bomb. 'President Trump has made it clear that Iran can never obtain a nuclear bomb,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement before Trump's post. 'Special Envoy Witkoff has sent a detailed and acceptable proposal to the Iranian regime, and it's in their best interest to accept it. Out of respect for the ongoing deal, the Administration will not comment on details of the proposal to the media.' The proposal that Trump appeared to undercut on Monday evening included significant concessions by the administration certain to anger Israel along with pro-Israel lawmakers in the United States. Several of the main points were essentially the same or very similar to conditions outlined in the 2015 nuclear deal. Early iterations of that agreement negotiated by the Obama administration also suggested the possibility of a regional consortium that would put Iranian uranium enrichment above a certain level under the control of Iran and its neighbors. The idea was scrapped, however, because of Gulf Arab nations' objections and Iranian suspicions of the ultimate aims of the consortium. People who were involved in the 18-month negotiations for the 2015 deal reacted immediately to reports that the Trump administration might allow Iran to continue with an enrichment program at any level, particularly after senior officials repeatedly said Iran would not be able to retain such programs. 'This proposal poses a moment of truth for critics of previous Iran nuclear negotiations/agreements (and) those who have called for a no-enrichment, full-dismantlement deal,' Dan Shapiro, Obama's former ambassador to Israel, wrote on X. 'Will they hold Trump to the same standard?'
CBS News
35 minutes ago
- CBS News
Acting head of FEMA said he wasn't aware U.S. has a hurricane season, sources say
Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were confused and dispirited on Monday after the acting head of the agency said during a daily briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to three sources familiar with the meeting. The remark was made by David Richardson at the conclusion of an 8:30 a.m. daily operational briefing typically attended by hundreds of FEMA staffers and interagency partners. Reuters was first to report the comment. Richardson, a former Marine Corps officer, has led FEMA since early May. It was not clear to staff whether he meant it literally or as a joke, but current and former employees who spoke with CBS News said the comment flustered many who genuinely believe Richardson was truly surprised to learn that a hurricane season had started. Others suggested that any joke made by the leader about the upcoming season was delivered in poor taste, offending agency staff already suffering from low morale amid a flurry of resignations, firings, leadership overhauls and polygraph tests distributed to staffers. Acting FEMA chief David Richardson Department of Homeland Security The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and lasts through November. NOAA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, recently predicted it will be an above-average hurricane season that could bring 13 to 19 named storms, with six to 10 becoming hurricanes and three to five strengthening into major hurricanes.
