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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service."
+description: "Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 288"
+citation: "Texas SB 288 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & LEAVE (S0452)", "Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Anchia", "Dean", "Ordaz Perez", "Seliger", "Wu"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 72
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-05"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44902208-66d7-4bbd-ac7e-319e3963f37b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 288.xml"
+source_hash: "78fad76aced024406d6718edae81ba40a22895c80131eee15eeb2ce3c488c668"
+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 288 (87) — Relating to preventing the loss of benefits of and the payment of certain employer contributions for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service.
+
+## 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/SB00288I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00288F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **138–1** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Anchia — primary (person)
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-02-23** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-14** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-21** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-23** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-23** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Read
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-28** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-29** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-29** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** 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/44902208-66d7-4bbd-ac7e-319e3963f37b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+