By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2286
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2025;
  May 1, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 13, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 13, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the renewal of a certificate of registration by certain
  interior designers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1051.351(c-1), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person who holds a
  certificate of registration issued under Chapter 1053 without
  examination may not renew the certificate on or after September 1,
  2037 [2027], unless, before September 1, 2037 [2027], the person
  has passed the registration examination adopted by the board under
  Section 1053.154 and in effect on January 1, 2014. This subsection
  expires January 1, 2039 [2029].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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