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Our license holders are governed by the The Real Estate License Act, the Inspector Act, and the Timeshare Act. These Acts establish the makeup of the Commission and its advisory committees and outline procedures by which a person can become real estate license holders in Texas. The Acts also describe TREC’s jurisdiction over license holders and registrants.

TREC has the authority to adopt administrative rules to provide specificity to provisions of the Acts. TREC may also adopt rules to establish a policy regarding certain practices. Both the Acts and TREC rules are a great resource for helping consumers know what to expect from a real estate service provider.

TREC Rules

The tables below show all of our recently proposed and adopted rules. Written comments on proposed rules are accepted for 30 days after publication in the Texas Register. After that period, comments can be made in person at the next Commission meeting. Please send written comments to TREC's general.counsel@trec.texas.gov. For the complete version of our current rules go to:

Recently Adopted Rules

Rule Number
Rule Name
22 TAC §535.46
Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee
Proposed Date
05/04/2026
Adopted Date
08/10/2026
Effective Date:
08/31/2026

Section 2110.002 of the Texas Government Code requires that the composition of an advisory committee that advises a state agency regarding an industry or occupation regulated or directly affected by the agency must provide a balanced representation between: (i) the industry or occupations; and (ii) consumers of services provided by the agency, industry, or occupation. To help ensure that balanced representation, the changes to §535.46 replace two of the broker member positions with public member positions and corresponding changes are made throughout the rule.

La Sección 2110.002 del Código de Gobierno de Texas exige que la composición de un comité asesor que asesora a una agencia estatal sobre una industria u ocupación regulada o directamente afectada por dicha agencia debe proporcionar una representación equilibrada entre: (i) la industria u ocupaciones; y (ii) los consumidores de los servicios prestados por la agencia, la industria o la ocupación. Para garantizar esta representación equilibrada, los cambios a §535.46 reemplazan dos de los puestos de miembros corredores por puestos de miembros del público, y se realizan cambios correspondientes en toda la norma.

22 TAC §535.62
Approval of Qualifying Courses
Proposed Date
05/04/2026
Adopted Date
08/10/2026
Effective Date:
08/31/2026

The changes to §535.62 are made as a result of the agency’s updated license management system—the REALM Portal. The changes update terminology in subsection (i) for better consistency with current practice and to align language with other rules.

Los cambios a §535.62 se deben a la actualización del sistema de administración de licencias de la agencia: Portal REALM. Los cambios actualizan la terminología en la subsección (i) para lograr una mayor coherencia con la práctica actual y para alinear el lenguaje con otras normas.

22 TAC §535.65
Responsibilities and Operations of Providers of Qualifying Courses
Proposed Date
05/04/2026
Adopted Date
08/10/2026
Effective Date:
08/31/2026

The changes to §535.65 update the requirements for course completion certificates (proposed to be renamed “course completion records” to more accurately capture the type of documents being provided). The REALM Portal will allow for more efficiencies and automation in the processing of qualifying real estate coursework, which currently requires a manual process that is labor intensive. A requirement to include either the student’s license number or application number on the course completion record allows this automation to occur. The remaining changes to this rule also are made to align the language with the requirements currently found in §535.75, which deals with provider requirements for continuing education, and to streamline the information required to be provided by education providers to the Commission.

Los cambios a §535.65 actualizan los requisitos para los certificados de finalización de cursos (que se proponen renombrar como “registros de finalización de cursos” para reflejar con mayor precisión el tipo de documentos que se proporcionan). El portal REALM permitirá una mayor eficiencia y automatización en el procesamiento de los  cursos calificados sobre bienes raíces, el cual actualmente requiere un proceso manual que es muy demandante. La obligatoriedad de incluir el número de licencia o el número de solicitud del estudiante en el registro de finalización del curso permite esta automatización. Los demás cambios a esta norma también se realizan para alinear el lenguaje con los requisitos que se encuentran actualmente en el §535.75, que trata sobre los requisitos de los proveedores de educación continua, y para simplificar la información que los proveedores de educación deben proporcionar a la Comisión.

22 TAC §535.75
Responsibilities and Operations of Providers of Continuing Education
Proposed Date
05/04/2026
Adopted Date
08/10/2026
Effective Date:
08/31/2026

The changes to §535.75 update the requirements for the course completion roster (proposed to be renamed “course completion records” to more accurately capture the type of documents being provided) to streamline the information required to be provided by education providers to the Commission and to align language with other rules.

Los cambios al §535.75 actualizan los requisitos para la lista de finalización del curso (que se propone renombrar como “registros de finalización del curso” para reflejar con mayor precisión el tipo de documentos que se proporcionan) para simplificar la información que los proveedores de educación deben proporcionar a la Comisión y para alinear el lenguaje con otras normas.

22 TAC §535.92
Continuing Education Requirements
Proposed Date
05/04/2026
Adopted Date
08/10/2026
Effective Date:
08/31/2026

The change to §535.92 updates terminology in subsection (b) (from course completion roster to course completion records) to more accurately capture the types of documents provided and to align language with other rules.

El cambio al §535.92 actualiza la terminología en la subsección (b) (de lista de finalización del curso a registros de finalización del curso) para reflejar con mayor precisión los tipos de documentos proporcionados y para alinear el lenguaje con otras normas.