It’s definitely recommended that you find courses that are pre-approved in both (or all) of your CLE states. However, there are instances where you may not need to worry about pre-approval. For instance, states like Florida have very generous reciprocity rules, where courses that are approved for CLE credit in another jurisdiction (and meet the minimum standards for CLE approval in Florida) can be used to satisfy the requirement in Florida. Other states have such blanket reciprocity, and some even have a reciprocal relationship with specific neighboring states, so be sure to check to see if your state allows that.