Texas Judicial

Branch

Judicial Branch Certification Commission

Continuing Education 



To search our list of approved continuing education courses, please go to the online certification and licensing system on our home page.

Continuing Education Requirements for Court Reporting Firms

  • Designated individuals for court reporting firms must complete ten hours of continuing education during each two-year certification period.

The ten hours of continuing education must include two hours of ethics and one hour of legislative update. You can carry forward up to 4 hours of excess CE to your next certification period. Ethics and Legislative Update hours cannot be carried forward.

  • Example:
    • You are required to obtain 10 hours of CE, but you obtained 14 hours of approved CE for your 2024 renewal.
    • A maximum of 4 of the excess hours of non-ethics\legislative update CE can be used towards your 2026 renewal as well.
    • You must select the course and upload the certificate again so that it is attached to your 2026 online renewal application.

Refer to sections 4.3 and 6.9 of the JBCC Rules for additional details on CE requirements.

Firm Designees Applying for Continuing Education Course Approval 

Per section 4.3 of the JBCC Rules, a regulated person may request approval prior to the date the course is offered but no later than 30 days before the expiration of their certification, license, or registration.

Important Note: If the course is already approved (i.e., it already has a JBCC program number shown on the certificate), you do not have to apply for CE approval.