The Texas Real Estate Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee (BRAC) met on July 16, 2025, for the first time post the regular legislative session. Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) staff briefed committee members on the passage of Senate Bill 1968. The remainder of the meeting was a review of potential changes to the education and experience requirements for a broker license.

SB 1968: TREC’s Housekeeping Bill

SB 1968 passed and is effective January 1, 2026. BRAC’s recommendations included in this bill are:

• A new Broker Responsibility Course requirement
• A new complaint notification system that will provide more transparency for brokers on their associates
• TREC’s new license management system will allow associated brokers to identify which brokerages they associate with—those connections will be displayed for public view on TREC’s website
• TREC will have authority to request real estate broker and sales agent business contact information, like business address and business phone, also for public view
• Subagency elimination from TRELA

So, Who Needs to Take the Broker Responsibility Course?

The course will be required for new broker applicants and for every broker license renewal. This means, on or after January 1, 2026, every broker applicant and broker renewal applicant will be required to take the Broker Responsibility Course, regardless of whether the broker intends to sponsor agents.

Delegated supervisors will still be required to take the course.

New Complaint Notifications on Associate Brokers

SB 1968 will allow TREC to notify brokers when their associated brokers receive a complaint. To maintain confidentiality, the notification will not include specific details about the complaint. It will be up to the broker being notified to contact the associated broker for more information.

The Potential Changes to Broker License Requirements

TREC staff took the recommendations from BRAC’s last meeting on broker license requirements and included them into a draft rule. Review them in the Meeting Materials, starting on page two. The recommended changes are slated to be presented to the Commissioners at their August meeting for proposal. They include:

• Allow up to 300 hours of the 630 hours of real estate education to be substituted for experience points earned above the minimum points required for a license.
• Limit the bachelor’s degree credit to 300 hours, instead of the full 630 hours of real estate-related education.
• For experience requirements, members recommended doubling the experience points required from 360 to 720 points.
• Change the property management experience calculation to per property per year (instead of just per property).
• Modify brokerage management/delegated supervisor calculation to a points-per-transaction model.

Where to Find Meeting Materials

View the meeting recording and download related materials.

Upcoming Meeting Details

BRAC meets again October 15, 2025, at 10 a.m.