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.)Click here to see the committee vote     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.     * * * * *