SB 912 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the verification of health care practitioner continuing education compliance through the establishment of continuing education tracking systems.

SB 912 requires Texas health care licensing entities (such as those for doctors, nurses, and other licensed practitioners) to establish electronic continuing education (CE) tracking systems. These systems must verify that practitioners complete required CE courses before license renewal and be accessible to practitioners, licensing staff, and CE providers. The bill mandates that license renewal cannot proceed without verification through this system, which also becomes the standard for agency audits. This applies to practitioners licensed under specific Occupations Code chapters (401, 453, 454, and related subchapters), effective September 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Enrolled · 4 edits · May 23, 2025

MODERATE

This bill establishes a state-mandated continuing education tracking system for health care practitioners in Texas. The enrolled version clarifies the bill's effective dates, adds specific implementation timelines for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and includes certification requirements for cloud-based tracking systems under state security standards.

Scope change

The bill applies to licensing entities issuing health care practitioner licenses under specific chapters and subtitles of the Occupations Code, with an explicit exemption for Subtitle L. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is now explicitly included as having a separate implementation deadline.

TIMELINE

Added a specific deadline of September 1, 2028 for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to establish its tracking system, separate from the September 1, 2026 deadline for other licensing entities.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that cloud-based continuing education tracking systems must be certified under the state risk and authorization management program to ensure security.

TECHNICAL

Changed the bill number format from 'S.B.ANo.A912' to '89(R) SB 912' and updated formatting throughout the document to match enrolled bill standards.

ENFORCEMENT

Clarified that verification of continuing education compliance through the tracking system must be used in all audits conducted by licensing entities.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House May 19, 2025

How they voted

27–3

Passed

Total votes 30

May 22, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican20

17 Yea 3 Nay

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed in the House

lower

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed in the Senate

upper

May 23, 2025

Introduced

Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

lower

May 22, 2025

Introduced

Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

upper

May 22, 2025

Introduced

House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

upper

May 22, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (27-3)

senate

May 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

House passage as amended reported

upper

May 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

May 19, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (90-52-4)

house

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

May 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

May 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably as substituted

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in committee

lower

May 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Public Health

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Introduced

Received from the Senate

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report printed and distributed

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendments

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Vote taken in committee

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Left pending in committee

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

Testimony taken in committee

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor