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Staff said the commission is tracking hundreds of filed bills this session and highlighted a selection of those that could affect real‑estate practice or the commission’s statutory duties. Among the bills mentioned at the workshop were HB2349 (by Rep. Darby) and a companion Senate filing described in the meeting; the bills would expand statutory exemptions so that transactions involving energy interests (for example, solar and wind rights) would not be regulated by the commission in the same way mineral transactions currently are. Staff said the change would remove real‑estate licensing jurisdiction for the negotiation of certain energy‑rights transactions.

Another bill flagged by staff, HB2422, would amend seller disclosure requirements to add notice fields about entities that regulate or bill for water service, any excessive water‑use fees or pricing tiers that apply to a property, and the entity responsible for the water service line. Staff said TREC would be required to promulgate a form for disclosure of groundwater service rights conveyed with a property if that bill becomes law.

Staff also summarized bills that would change how criminal convictions affect occupational licensure (HB2498/SB1053 and a separate measure, SB1080), including expanded reporting requirements on applications and a provision to allow licensing applications from inmates and provisional licenses tied to the date of release in some cases.

On agency housekeeping and agency‑sponsored language, staff reiterated items proposed for a TREC housekeeping bill: clarity on education‑course authority (including authority to adjust qualifying education by rule for initial sales agent and broker education), a requirement that the broker responsibility course apply regardless of intent to sponsor others, minor edits to remove obsolete references to residential service companies and to modernize payment language, authority to display business contact information for licensees on the public website, and a technical change on remittances to the general revenue fund.

Separately, staff summarized three statutory options Texas Realtors is considering in response to the national litigation settlement and evolving industry practice: 1) require written buyer agreements before showings or before an offer is submitted; 2) create a narrowly defined non‑representation or “customer” status for licensees who only provide showing services; and 3) repeal sub‑agency. Staff asked commissioners for their tolerance level on those options; commissioners expressed general agreement that written buyer agreements are reasonable, flagged compensation and marketplace concerns for any non‑representation carve‑out, and indicated support for further consideration of eliminating sub‑agency.

Staff said filings for some of the industry proposals could occur soon, and they requested commission feedback to inform the agency’s engagement and any potential housekeeping language. No formal positions or votes were taken at the workshop; staff will continue to track filed bills and bring draft language forward where appropriate.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) Meeting Workshop 02.10.2025","oneSentenceSummary","Commission staff reviewed several bills being tracked — including measures on energy transaction exemptions, water‑service disclosures and licensing eligibility — and summarized Texas Realtors' proposals to require written buyer agreements, create a limited non‑representation status for showing agents, and repeal sub‑agency.","taxTitle","Texas Real Estate Commission, Boards & Commissions, Executive, Texas","taxId",36448,"location","Texas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6688271,"TREC workshop considers alternate pathway letting experience substitute for part of broker education",3859,5000,3864000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2259991-2eae32bae7efca5aea4c1f34278443e8&start=5&end=3864","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2259991-2eae32bae7efca5aea4c1f34278443e8/thumbnail_5000.jpg","/articles/6688271/Texas/TREC-workshop-considers-alternate-pathway-letting-experience-substitute-for-part-of-broker-education","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6688271-af8451cce039190ca9ae63f08a50ae89/orig.mp4?Expires=1774965323&Signature=lr9Y7wHFjCPoyFqER6~BIpT6RkdKsBkUnn62RnyFNfgEw0EgwXKezhHIygME0dXtiRNQ27a51D5KoAAxK6nmeYN4eSeNuhyDk8g4Y45HEhH0HI7MMCzFpPtLVpiiSfv7k~8UvKaJEhcKABuATXyjNg7~wYCawec9odP~mS3pX4p0BuShymMktyeH~pytDXZ2rA3nc40iAcFnUj72g5GyiXixvov58qgVHDiTY0pxgUUzVAfHHviYL3UWFSil7THvBwbKgmKh8RY7O7UhOixKZgZFg5BQoi7BQwh1s-pXzEtpep4B2FlJy774YQsYfyxYifOoX02U0GnR4OVSJ5Z8Jg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At a Texas Real Estate Commission workshop, staff presented a recommendation from the Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee to create an alternate pathway for initial broker licensure that would allow some field experience to substitute for part of the broker education requirement.

Under current rules described at the meeting, an applicant for a Texas broker license must complete 270 hours of qualifying real estate courses and 630 hours of “real estate‑related” education, and must demonstrate at least four years of active experience in the five years preceding the application totaling 360 experience points. Last legislative session, Senate Bill 1577 gave the commission rulemaking authority over the education requirement; the commission previously already had rule authority over experience calculations.

The committee’s principal proposal would leave the statutory minimums in place but create a substitute option: documented real‑world experience could replace up to 300 of the 630 real‑estate‑related education hours. Staff described a conversion the committee used for examples — 2 experience points = 1 hour of real‑estate‑related education — and provided sample calculations to illustrate what the alternate path would require in practice. For instance, staff said an agent focused on residential sales would need about 20 additional residential sales transactions over the four‑year review window (roughly five per year) to reach the substitute credit equivalent of 300 hours. Using a proposed 3 points per supervised transaction for delegated supervisors, staff showed an applicant would need roughly 240 additional supervised transactions over the four‑year window (about 50 per year) to reach the same 300‑hour substitute credit.

The committee also recommended two calculation changes to experience credit: 1) change property‑management credit to a “per property per year” calculation instead of a simple per‑property count, and 2) change delegated‑supervisor credit from a months‑served formula to a per‑supervised‑transaction formula (the committee discussed 3 points per supervised transaction as a working example).

Commissioners and staff raised implementation and equity concerns during the discussion. Several speakers flagged how the proposal would play out in less‑populated counties, where transaction volumes are low; one participant suggested that supervisors in smaller markets often cover many agents and could reach the required transaction counts, but others urged caution. Commissioners also revisited a long‑running debate about automatic credit for college degrees: currently a bachelor’s degree can satisfy the 630‑hour requirement, and participants discussed options ranging from keeping that blanket credit to reducing the degree credit (for example, to 300 hours) or eliminating the blanket degree credit and relying on evaluation of individual college courses.

Multiple participants reminded the commission of earlier outreach: the committee had received a survey and 42 pages of public comments, many urging higher experience requirements rather than lower education. Several commissioners emphasized the need to solicit public comment again on any proposed rule changes.

Next steps discussed at the workshop included asking the committee to prepare initial rule drafts for review in April, running additional examples showing how different applicant profiles would be affected, and holding further meetings so commissioners could give direction before staff prepares a formal rule proposal.

The discussion did not include any formal motions or votes; staff requested direction and commissioners provided feedback to inform future drafts.","The Texas Real Estate Commission’s advisory committee proposed allowing up to 300 hours of broker-related education to be replaced with documented experience, adjusting how property‑management and delegated‑supervisor experience are counted and seeking feedback before drafting rules.","actionData","errors"]

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TREC staff outlines bill tracking, and Texas Realtors' proposals to change buyer‑agent rules after NAR settlement

TREC workshop considers alternate pathway letting experience substitute for part of broker education