--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas." description: "Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "86" identifier: "SB 12" citation: "Texas SB 12 (86)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Retirement Systems--Teachers (I0726)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Birdwell", "Bonnen, Greg", "Buckingham", "Campbell", "Flores", "González, Mary", "Hall", "Hinojosa", "Huffman", "Hughes", "Johnson", "Kolkhorst", "Meyer", "Murphy", "Nelson", "Nichols", "Paxton", "Perry", "Powell", "Rodríguez", "Taylor", "Walle", "Watson", "West", "Zaffirini"] version_count: 1 action_count: 73 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2019-03-04" last_action: "2019-06-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cedc8c0f-ebfc-4cce-929f-b6ae2e54c745" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 12.xml" source_hash: "a167e6f7d391a53ca46f8c27de71b8b4bbc276f3040fd9fbe045e3680fbb41d4" 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 12 (86) — Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher 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/SB00012I.HTM) ## Votes - passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower - other — **145–1** (fail) · upper ## Sponsors - Birdwell — primary (person) - Bonnen, Greg — primary (person) - Buckingham — primary (person) - Campbell — primary (person) - Flores — primary (person) - González, Mary — primary (person) - Hall — primary (person) - Hinojosa — primary (person) - Huffman — primary (person) - Hughes — primary (person) - Johnson — primary (person) - Kolkhorst — primary (person) - Meyer — primary (person) - Murphy — primary (person) - Nelson — primary (person) - Nichols — primary (person) - Paxton — primary (person) - Perry — primary (person) - Powell — primary (person) - Rodríguez — primary (person) - Taylor — primary (person) - Walle — primary (person) - Watson — primary (person) - West — primary (person) - Zaffirini — primary (person) - Allen — cosponsor (person) - Allison — cosponsor (person) - Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Bailes — cosponsor (person) - Beckley — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Bernal — cosponsor (person) - Biedermann — cosponsor (person) - Blanco — cosponsor (person) - Bohac — cosponsor (person) - Bowers — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bucy — cosponsor (person) - Burns — cosponsor (person) - Burrows — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Calanni — cosponsor (person) - Canales — cosponsor (person) - Capriglione — cosponsor (person) - Clardy — cosponsor (person) - Cole — cosponsor (person) - Collier — cosponsor (person) - Cortez — cosponsor (person) - Cyrier — cosponsor (person) - Darby — cosponsor (person) - Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person) - Davis, Yvonne — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Deshotel — cosponsor (person) - Dominguez — cosponsor (person) - Fierro — cosponsor (person) - Flynn — cosponsor (person) - Frank — cosponsor (person) - Frullo — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person) - Goldman — cosponsor (person) - González, Jessica — cosponsor (person) - Goodwin — cosponsor (person) - Guerra — cosponsor (person) - Guillen — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Herrero — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa — cosponsor (person) - Holland — cosponsor (person) - Howard — cosponsor (person) - Huberty — cosponsor (person) - Hunter — cosponsor (person) - Israel — cosponsor (person) - Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person) - Kacal — cosponsor (person) - King, Ken — cosponsor (person) - King, Phil — cosponsor (person) - Krause — cosponsor (person) - Kuempel — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Larson — cosponsor (person) - Leach — cosponsor (person) - Leman — cosponsor (person) - Longoria — cosponsor (person) - Lopez — cosponsor (person) - Lucio — cosponsor (person) - Martinez — cosponsor (person) - Menéndez — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Miller — cosponsor (person) - Minjarez — cosponsor (person) - Morales — cosponsor (person) - Morrison — cosponsor (person) - Murr — cosponsor (person) - Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Neave — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Ortega — cosponsor (person) - Pacheco — cosponsor (person) - Paddie — cosponsor (person) - Parker — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Phelan — cosponsor (person) - Price — cosponsor (person) - Ramos — cosponsor (person) - Raney — cosponsor (person) - Reynolds — cosponsor (person) - Rodriguez — cosponsor (person) - Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person) - Rose — cosponsor (person) - Rosenthal — cosponsor (person) - Sanford — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Sheffield — cosponsor (person) - Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person) - Shine — cosponsor (person) - Smith — cosponsor (person) - Smithee — cosponsor (person) - Springer — cosponsor (person) - Stucky — cosponsor (person) - Swanson — cosponsor (person) - Talarico — cosponsor (person) - Thierry — cosponsor (person) - Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person) - Tinderholt — cosponsor (person) - Turner, John — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Vo — cosponsor (person) - White — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Wray — cosponsor (person) - Wu — cosponsor (person) - Zedler — cosponsor (person) - Zerwas — cosponsor (person) - Zwiener — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing` - **2019-03-04** Filed `filing` - **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-03-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee` - **2019-03-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . . - **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing - **2019-03-14** Testimony taken in committee - **2019-03-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-03-18** Committee report printed and distributed - **2019-03-20** Co-author authorized - **2019-03-20** Placed on intent calendar - **2019-03-25** Co-author authorized - **2019-03-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business - **2019-03-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment - **2019-03-25** Vote recorded in Journal - **2019-03-25** Three day rule suspended - **2019-03-25** Record vote - **2019-03-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-03-25** Passed `passage` - **2019-03-25** Record vote - **2019-03-25** Reported engrossed - **2019-03-26** Received from the Senate `introduction` - **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-03-28** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee` - **2019-04-02** Posting rule suspended - **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing - **2019-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee - **2019-04-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee - **2019-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-04-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator - **2019-04-04** Committee report distributed - **2019-04-05** Committee report sent to Calendars - **2019-04-08** Considered in Calendars - **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars - **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar - **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2019-04-16** Postponed - **2019-04-24** Laid out in lieu of companion - **2019-04-24** Passed to 3rd reading - **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2019-04-25** Passed `passage` - **2019-04-25** Record vote - **2019-04-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-04-26** House passage as amended reported - **2019-05-10** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate - **2019-05-10** Read - **2019-05-10** Senate refuses to concur - **2019-05-10** Senate requests conference committee - **2019-05-10** Senate appoints conferees - **2019-05-14** Senate refuses to concur-reported - **2019-05-14** Senate requests conference committee-reported - **2019-05-14** Senate appoints conferees-reported - **2019-05-14** House grants request for conference committee - **2019-05-14** House appoints conferees - **2019-05-15** House grants request for conf comm-reported - **2019-05-15** House appoints conferees-reported - **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed - **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed - **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds - **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report - **2019-05-26** Record vote - **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds - **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report - **2019-05-26** Record vote - **2019-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal - **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported - **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled - **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate - **2019-05-27** Signed in the House - **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2019-06-10** Effective immediately ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cedc8c0f-ebfc-4cce-929f-b6ae2e54c745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).