---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the funding of public retirement systems."
description: "Relating to the funding of public retirement systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3898"
citation: "Texas HB 3898 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "STATE PENSION REVIEW BOARD (V0173)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchia", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f338c55-5190-4222-b7a7-be18805776e9"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03800_HB03899/HB 3898.xml"
source_hash: "10e12dda77a3e2e7718caa419fd7d85ce16c0b89ce2d0b0dfa0a25e0d5ac36ae"
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 3898 (87) — Relating to the funding of public retirement systems.

## 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/HB03898I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03898E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03898H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03898S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03898F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **122–23** (pass) · lower
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **122–23** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anchia — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-30** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2021-04-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-30** 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`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** 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/1f338c55-5190-4222-b7a7-be18805776e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).