HB1466 is headed to the Governor’s desk.
This Bill allows the Texas Fire Marshal to require CEU credits. NESA , TBFAA and affiliates would be able to offer CEU credits if the Texas Fire Marshal adopts the requirement in Administrative rules.
Text of the bill: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01466I.htm
88R4545 RDS-D | ||
| By: Clardy | H.B. No. 1466 | |
| A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| AN ACT | |
| relating to the regulation of certain continuing education | |
| programs. | |
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| SECTION 1. Section 6002.159, Insurance Code, is amended by | |
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| follows: | |
| (b) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that excludes or | |
| devalues a signed or otherwise substantially verifiable | |
| certificate of training that is: | |
| (1) applicable to the areas of work authorized by the | |
| relevant license; and | |
| (2) issued by a training program or school that is: | |
| (A) nationally recognized; or | |
| (B) authorized under the Occupations Code or | |
| Education Code. | |
| (c) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that requires more | |
| than eight hours of [ | |
| any license renewal period [ | |
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | |