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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees."
+description: "Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1444"
+citation: "Texas SB 1444 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Insurance--Health & Accident (I0422)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen", "Taylor"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-10"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b38092f-f70e-4401-9216-3e049a9727f2"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1444.xml"
+source_hash: "e96da20c25195a441699f4c34b65fada4d0e1f8ee086ef69eb5eddc1b160cb12"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 1444 (87) — Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and to a study concerning health coverage for school district employees.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01444F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnen — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-06** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-06** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-06** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-06** Record vote
+- **2021-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-07** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b38092f-f70e-4401-9216-3e049a9727f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+