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2025 · Regular session · Senate bill
SB764
SB764 removes the electrician-law sentence allowing a hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the licensing commission.
Official caption: Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician.
Official report lists Senate author(s): Zaffirini. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- SB764 removes the electrician-law sentence allowing a hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the licensing commission.
- The change applies to hearings that begin on or after September 1, 2025; a hearing begun earlier follows the former law.
- The department’s general law already provides a State Office of Administrative Hearings hearing when its executive director proposes denying, suspending or revoking a license.
What does it do?
SB764 removes the electrician-law sentence allowing a hearing to be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the licensing commission. It keeps the requirement that license-denial and disciplinary proceedings follow the Texas Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code Chapter 2001. Signed June 20, 2025, it took effect September 1, 2025. Final act; History.
The change applies to hearings that begin on or after September 1, 2025; a hearing begun earlier follows the former law. It does not remove the hearing entitlement in Occupations Code 1305.253(a), create a new licensing qualification or decide whether any particular electrician should be disciplined. Sections 1–3; Earlier hearing provision.
The department’s general law already provides a State Office of Administrative Hearings hearing when its executive director proposes denying, suspending or revoking a license. Chapter 2001 supplies procedural protections, including reasonable notice and an opportunity to present evidence and argument in contested cases, and judicial review after administrative remedies are exhausted. SB764 removes the special designation language; it does not replace that framework with a hearing-free disciplinary process. General licensing hearing law; Notice and participation; Judicial review.
What changed along the way?
The introduced, Senate committee, engrossed, House committee and enrolled texts match in operative language. Both committees reported without amendments and the amendment index lists none. The substantive edit is deletion of the designated-hearing-officer sentence, not repeal of the surrounding Administrative Procedure Act requirement. Introduced; All versions; Amendment index; Enrolled text.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Electricians facing covered licensing cases and the licensing agency lose the separate statutory option written into the electrician chapter, while the general hearing framework remains. The bill does not measure whether cases will be faster, cheaper or more favorable to either side. Scope of change; General hearing entitlement.
The February 17 fiscal note anticipates no fiscal implication to either the state or local governments. It does not estimate private legal expenses or the outcome of individual licensing disputes. Fiscal note.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
