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Texas TDLR Electronic-Service Rules Take Effect September 1
New TDLR procedural rules allow electronic service of specified contested-case documents and electronic dishonored-payment notices, making current contact…
- Review the email, mailing address, and other contact information maintained with TDLR and update it through the authorized process if needed.
- If electronic service is elected, monitor the designated inbox and spam or junk folders for official TDLR communications.
- Read the Chapter 60 opt-in, service, and withdrawal conditions before assuming every agency document will be electronic.
- Do not describe this procedural amendment as changing massage, barber, or cosmetology scope, education, CE, or examination requirements.
Published: 2026-09-01 · Reviewed: 2026-09-03
Official context
On August 31, 2026, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation announced adopted amendments to 16 TAC Chapter 60, specifically §§60.32, 60.82, 60.301, and 60.302, effective September 1, 2026. The amendments implement SB 2443. A party may opt into electronic service of contested-case pleadings, notices, and orders under the rule's written-authorization procedure, and TDLR may electronically serve specified notices of alleged violations and proposed license denials. The rules also authorize electronic notice concerning dishonored payments.
What this means
These agency-wide procedural rules reach TDLR-regulated massage therapy, barbering, and cosmetology programs even though they do not change scope of practice, education hours, examination blueprints, or renewal CE totals. After choosing electronic service, the recipient is responsible for monitoring the designated address, including spam or junk folders, and service is not defeated merely because filtering diverted the message. Licensees, schools, and establishments should therefore treat their TDLR email address as an official compliance channel and preserve notices rather than assuming enforcement or payment communications will arrive only by postal mail.
Official sources
- https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/rulemaking/2026/08/31/commission-adopts-rules-8/
- https://www.sos.texas.gov/texreg/archive/August282026/Adopted%20Rules/16.ECONOMIC%20REGULATION.html
- https://www.sos.texas.gov/texreg/archive/May292026/Proposed%20Rules/16.ECONOMIC%20REGULATION.html
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