---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds."
description: "Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1612"
citation: "Texas HB 1612 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae0a93c-dec1-413e-b873-511152e36b97"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1612.xml"
source_hash: "ad93fe7304470421412295663191ef9fd636a59c804e122ffc0101a93fbf5384"
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 HB 1612 (86) — Relating to the authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to invest in certain hedge funds.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01612I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Administration `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dae0a93c-dec1-413e-b873-511152e36b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).