---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
description: "Relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3522"
citation: "Texas HB 3522 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance--Life & Annuities (I0423)", "Retirement Systems--State Employees (I0727)", "Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)", "FUNERALS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS (S9813)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Creighton", "Murphy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/465829db-7a35-427d-b58b-0290756d6d8c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3522.xml"
source_hash: "78a128f49ac6dc0f7f0e257ad79f6435aff77b41a81bdd7289633d806d05838c"
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 3522 (86) — Relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

## 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/HB03522I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Creighton — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-17** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-03** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/465829db-7a35-427d-b58b-0290756d6d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).