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TREC staff outlines bill tracking, and Texas Realtors' proposals to change buyer‑agent rules after NAR settlement
Summary
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.
Commission staff gave an update on current legislation and industry proposals at a Texas Real Estate Commission workshop, outlining bills the agency is tracking and options under active consideration by the Texas Realtors trade group.
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…
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