By: Phelan, Arévalo (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1657          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;   May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &   Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, 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,   2027 [2017], unless, before September 1, 2027 [2017], 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, 2029 [2019].          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *